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Undescended Testicle : Complications

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If one or both testicles do not descend, a man may be infertile later in life. Men who have an undescended testicle at birth are at higher risk of developing testicular cancer in both testes.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 22, 2008
Of full-term baby boys who have undescended testes, half will descend on their own without intervention.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Undescended testes must be treated to eliminate the increased risk of testicular cancer and the possibility of sterility. Undescended testes are twice as likely to develop cancer.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Testicular cancer is cancer that starts in the testicles, the male reproductive glands located in the scrotum.Cancer- testes; Germ cell tumor; Seminoma testicular cancer; Nonseminoma testicular cancer.The exact cause of testicular cancer is unknow...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 5, 2009
Testicular cancer is a disease in which cancer cells are discovered in one or both testicles. The testicles, also known as testes or gonads, are located in a pouch beneath the penis called the scrotum.The testicles make up one portion of the male ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Testicular cancer is a disease in which cancer cells are discovered in one or both testicles. The testicles, also known as testes or gonads, are located in a pouch beneath the penis called the scrotum.The testicles make up one portion of the male ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Primary infertility describes couples who have never been able to become pregnant after at least 1 year of unprotected sex(intercourse).Secondary infertility describes couples who have been pregnant at least once, but have not been able to become ...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 17, 2009
Infertility is the failure to conceive a pregnancy after attempting for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Infertility is the failure of a couple to conceive a pregnancy after trying to do so for at least one full year. In primary infertility, pregnancy has never occurred.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Inguinal hernia repair is surgery to repair a hernia in the abdominal wall of your groin. A hernia is tissue that bulges out of a weak spot in the abdominal wall.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 30, 2009
Testicular torsion is the twisting of the spermatic cord, which cuts off the blood supply to the testicle and surrounding structures within the scrotum.Torsion of the testis; Testicular ischemia; Testicular twisting.Some men may be predisposed to ...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 23, 2007
Testicular torsion is the twisting of a testis(testicle) on its connection.The testes are suspended in the scrotum by a single bundle of tissues that also carries the blood supply to and from the testes. If the testicle rotates, the bundle kinks, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Testicular torsion is the twisting of a testis(testicle) such that the spermatic cord becomes twisted, cutting off blood flow to the testis.The testes are suspended in the scrotum by a single bundle of tissues called the spermatic cord. Normally t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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