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The present study firstly investigated the complications associated with each orchiopexy approach in a single-center pediatric surgical department and secondly compared the surgical outcomes in children with congenital cryptorchidism or retractile testes. Methodology: A retrospective analysis was conducted in pediatric patients with either congenital cryptorchidism or retractile testes who underwent orchiopexy from 2015 to 2019. Data collected during the study included diagnosis, surgical technique and both short- and long-term complications. Patient stratification was performed in accordance with the type of orchiopexy and the diagnosis UDT vs. RT and inguinal orchidopexy vs. scrotal orchidopexy. Results: A total of 362 children underwent 443 orchiopexies of which 227 were inguinal and 216 were scrotal. Complications were reported in 16 (3.6%) surgeries and from which 14 (3.16%) were presented in for postoperative complications. Short-term complications were presented in four (0.9%) cases and consisted of wound dehiscence. Long-term complications were recorded in 12 (2.7%) cases, including recurrence in six (1.3%) testes, testicular atrophy in three (0.6%) cases and presentation of hydrocele or inguinal hernia in two (0.4%) and one (0.2%) patient, respectively. Notably, 13 orchidopexies with preoperative diagnosis of congenital cryptorchidism, were linked with complications (p = 0.01), 12 of which underwent with two-incision technique (p = 0.07). Conclusions: The findings of the study suggest that a preoperative diagnosis of congenital cryptorchidism is a possible risk factor for postoperative complications. With regard to the surgical technique performed, the single-incision scrotal orchiopexy appears to be a much safer and more effective approach palpable undescended testes, compared to the two-incision approach. For the high-lying testes, although the single-scrotal technique provides good results, more prospective studies with selected impalpable undescended testes are needed to strengthen the existing literature.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/life16020360","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,23]],"date-time":"2026-02-23T10:00:52Z","timestamp":1771840852000},"page":"360","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparison of Scrotal Orchiopexy Versus Traditional Inguinal Orchiopexy for Palpable Undescended and Retractile Testis in Children: Insights from a Greek Surgical Center"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2166-4338","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Florou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, \u201cPapageorgiou\u201d General Hospital,  564 03 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4435-3532","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Triantafyllia","family":"Koletsa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-1703-6980","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sophia","family":"Tsokkou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, \u201cPapageorgiou\u201d General Hospital,  564 03 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Georgia","family":"Raptou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9232-6715","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonia","family":"Syrnioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioannis","family":"Spyridakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, \u201cPapageorgiou\u201d General Hospital,  564 03 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0375-0005","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christos","family":"Kaselas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Second Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, \u201cPapageorgiou\u201d General Hospital,  564 03 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"378","article-title":"Cryptorchidism (Undescended Testicle)","volume":"108","author":"Nguyen","year":"2023","journal-title":"Am. 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