Suggest Treatment For Undescended Testes

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2016

Question: My grandson has just been diagnosed with an undescended testicle. He is four years old and has been under a doctor's care for normal care and this has problem has just now arisen. The family is wondering what to do next and etc. What can we expect?
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Answered by Dr. Michelle Gibson James (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
needs to see a pediatric urologist

Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

He does need to be seen by a pediatric urologist. It needs to be treated surgically- the testes would need to be located and placed in the scrotum.

The reasons for this are: (1) undescended testes is associated with a increased risk of cancer ( 40 times greater) but this risk is significantly reduced if the testes is replaced prior to puberty

(2)risk of future fertility- this is also an associated problem

(3) there is also a risk of associated hernia but this risk is not as troublesome as the above

Once the procedure is done, his risk of these problems would be significantly less.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar