Table 1 Details of the reported cases of SGF from 2013 till December 2022

1.

Li et al. [6]

6, M

Painless scrotal swelling

No

No

Discontinuous

7, M

Inguinal hernia

No

yes

Continuous

2, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

No

Yes

Discontinuous

12, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

No

Yes

Discontinuous

2.

Mahalakshmi et al. [7]

6, M

Inguinal hernia

Yes

No

Continuous

3.

Ferrón et al. [8]

2, M

Painless left scrotal mass

Yes

No

Discontinuous

4.

Lui et al. [9]

6, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Continuous

5.

Fernandez et al. [10]

2, M

Inguinal hernia

Yes

No

Discontinuous

6.

Duhli et al. [11]

28, M

Painless scrotal swelling

No

Yes

Discontinuous

7.

Chiaramonte et al. [12]

12, M

Inguinal mass

Yes

No

Discontinuous

8.

Lakshmanan et al. [13]

6, M

Inguinal hernia

Yes

No

Continuous

9.

Sountoulides et al. [14]

31, M

Infertility with mass

Yes

No

Continuous

10.

Bal et al. [15]

20, M

Testicular mass

No

Yes

Discontinuous

11.

Kocher et al. [16]

35, M

Painless scrotal swelling

yes

yes

discontinuous

12.

Kumar et al. [17]

25, M

Infertility

Yes

Yes

Continuous

13.

Bosnali et al. [18]

7, M

Inguinal hernia

No

No

Continuous

14.

Foellings et al. [19]

16, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

15.

Shadpour et al. [20]

17, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

No

Yes

Continuous

16.

Trottman et al. [21]

20, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

17.

Croxford et al. [22]

18, M

Testicular mass

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

18.

Falaha et al. [23]

1.1, M

Inguinal mass

No

Yes

Discontinuous

19.

Uglialoro et al. [24]

45, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

20.

Jakkani et al. [25]

16, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

21.

Harris et al. [26]

55, M

Testicular mass

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

22.

Babu et al. [27]

21, M

Inguinal hernia

No

No

Continuous

23.

Celik et al. [28]

1.5, M

Cryptorchidism

No

No

Continuous

24.

Preece et al. [29]

18, M

Cryptorchidism and retractile testis

Yes

No

Discontinuous

25.

Akama et al. [30]

76, M

Inguinal hernia

No

No

Discontinuous

26.

Abokrecha et al. [31]

1.5, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

No

No

Discontinuous

27.

Huang et al. [32]

4, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

No

Continuous

28.

Shakeri et al. [33]

4, M

Painless scrotal swelling

No

Yes

Discontinuous

29.

Karray et al. [34]

38, M

Testicular mass

No

Yes

Discontinuous

30.

Srinivasa Rao et al. [35]

6, M

Strangulated inguinal hernia

No

No

Discontinuous

31.

Zhou et al. [36]

9, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

32.

Grosu et al. [2]

53, M

Scrotal infection

Yes

No

Discontinuous

33.

Xiang X et al. [3]

0.5, M

Incarcerated inguinal hernia

Yes

No

Continuous

34.

Marwah et al. [37]

15, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

11, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

No

Yes

Discontinuous

35.

Chen et al. [38]

1.5, M

Cryptorchidism, hernia

No

No

Discontinuous

36.

Mann et al. [39]

22, M

Painful scrotal swelling

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

37.

Navas et al. [40]

3, M

Inguinal swelling /hernia

No

No

Discontinuous

38.

Patil et al. [41]

14, M

Traumatic scrotal swelling

No

Yes

Discontinuous

39.

Hmidi et al. [42]

1.6, M

Testicular torsion-acute scrotum

Yes

No

Discontinuous

40.

Seager et al. [43]

25, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

41.

Guney et al. [44]

0.5, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

No

Discontinuous

42.

Biben et al. [45]

0.5, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

no

yes

discontinuous

43.

Xiao-xi et al. [46]

4, M

Painless mass for 3 years in the left scrotum

No

No

Discontinuous

44.

Bhutani et al. [47]

12, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

45.

Qadeer et al. [48]

29, M

Painless scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

46.

Jonuzi et al. [49]

13, M

Unilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

No

Discontinuous

47.

Kadouri et al. [50]

45, M

Painful scrotal swelling

Yes

No

Discontinuous

48.

Alsunbul et al. [51]

22, M

Left cryptorchidism

Yes

Yes

Continuous

49.

Burki et al. [52]

22 months, M

Severe penoscrotal hypospadias, bilateral impalpable testes

Yes

No

Continuous

50.

Viteri et al. [53]

2-year- and 9-month-old male

Moebius

and Poland syndromes left inguinal

hernia

No

No

Continuous

51.

Aoyagi et al. [54]

11, M

Bilateral absence of the testes together with hypospadias

Yes

No

Continuous

52.

Masmoudi et al. [55]

3.5, M

Left-sided vaginal hydrocele

Yes

No

Continuous

53.

Chen et al. [56]

8 months, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

No

Continuous

54.

Kulkarni et al. [57]

16 months, M

Bilateral cryptorchidism

Yes

Yes

Continuous

55.

Durmuş et al. [58]

1.5, M

Bilateral undescended testis

Yes

No

Continuous

56.

Fadel et al. [59]

31, M

Rapidly growing left-sided testicular mass

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

57.

Bicer et al. [60]

42, M

Left scrotal swelling-hydrocele

Yes

Yes

Discontinuous

58.

Alkukhun et al. [61]

15, M

Painless left testicular mass was found on routine physical exam

Yes

Yes, partial left orchiectomy

Discontinuous

59.

Kerkeni Y et al. [62]

8, M

Asymptomatic three-centimetre oval left scrotal mass mistaken for a spermatic cord cyst

No

No

Continuous

60.

Lazreg et al. [63]

5, M

Bilateral testicular cryptorchidism

yes

no

discontinuous

9month, M

Follow-up case of an infant for the disorder of sex differentiation, at 9-month celioscopy -bilateral intra-abdominal testes

Yes

No

Continuous

61.

Guzman et al. [64]

Young adolescent female (F), Age not mentioned

1 day of left lower quadrant abdominal pain

Yes

No

Continuous

62.

Chen et al. [65]

5, M

Reversible mass in the left inguinal region, diagnosed with a left inguinal hernia before surgery

No

No

Continuous