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Depending on the degree of testicular volume reduction, patients were divided into Group 1 with &lt;20% reduction and Group 2 with reduction \u2a7e20%. Patients underwent unilateral orchidopexy and simultaneous biopsy of the undescended testis. Tanner stage was assigned. Tubular Fertility Index was measured. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p> Group 1 included 20 patients (44.4%) and Group 2 included 25 patients (55.5%). Mean age was 2.10\u2009years (range 12\u2009months\u20133.8\u2009years) in Group 1 and 2.8\u2009years (range 18\u2009months\u20134.41\u2009years) in Group 2. Although there is a positive correlation between testicular volume and Tubular Fertility Index, no significant association was found between groups ( p-value\u2009=\u20090.29). Furthermore, histological patterns did not differ significantly among groups. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p> The degree of volume reduction in undescended testis does not seem to correlate significantly with the severity of histological changes that accompany cryptorchidism. 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