References 296 1. INTRODUCTION The incidence of cryptorchidism is 1-3% in male infants, 20% of whom have a nonpalp- able testis (NPT) at presentation (1). The treatment of a palpable cryptorchid testis is not controversial and consists of a transinguinal orchiopexy. Laparoscopy has replaced ultra- sound and magnetic resonance imaging for the localization of a NPT (2). Controversy exists concerning the operative technique in the cases of an intra-abdominal testis (IAT). The laparoscopy-assisted orchidopexy (LAO) without sectioning the spermatic vessels and the two-stage Fowler-Stephens (FS) procedure seem to be the techniques with the highest success rate (3,4) and have been rapidly gaining popularity.