Patient's question:
Medical Description: Present from birth, one testicle has not descended.History of Treatment and Effect: Had check-ups but no treatment has been administered.
Help Needed: How to effectively treat this condition.
Doctor's answer:
Hello, orchidopexy surgery should be completed between 1 and 2 years of age. The purpose of surgical treatment is to improve the visible physical defects in children, potentially enhance fertility, avoid psychological and emotional stress in patients, and detect the tendency of testicular malignancy at an early stage. If undiagnosed, undescended testicles may lead to:1. Testicular torsion and ischemic necrosis.
2. Testicular injury, as the testicles are located in the inguinal canal, fixed superficially, and lack scrotal protection.
3. Malignancy, with the incidence of intra-abdominal undescended testicular malignancy being dozens of times higher than in normal testicles.
Because if the testicles descend into the scrotum before the age of two, it will not affect their spermatogenic function. The longer the delay beyond two years, the poorer the testicular spermatogenic function becomes. Therefore, if the child’s testicles have not descended into the scrotum by the age of two, surgical intervention is recommended promptly.