Patient's question:
Dear child, after the orchiopexy surgery, will the child feel pain? If there is pain, is there a way to relieve it? Can the child eat supplementary food as usual after the surgery? Will urination be affected? Can it be normal? Does the child feel pain after orchidopexy surgery?Doctor's answer:
After pediatric orchiopexy. Postoperative pain may occur due to anesthesia metabolism. Pain relief medication may be used to alleviate symptoms. Dietary intake should remain light and easily digestible. It can be consumed before supplementing food. Avoid adding new supplements. This may cause gastrointestinal reactions. Currently. Some patients do not show testes on imaging. This may be due to abdominal cryptorchidism or unilateral testicular absence. For these patients. laparoscopic examination and surgical treatment should be performed promptly. Abdominal cryptorchidism has a low incidence. However. the incidence of testicular cancer in adults is high. Surgery should be performed as early as possible. In cases of testicular absence. atrophic testes and residual spermatic cord tissue should also be removed to prevent adult cancer development.