Failure of one or both testicles to descend into the scrotum.<\/p>\n
Undescended testicle.<\/p>\n
A condition in a young male in which the testicles do not move down into the scrotum.<\/p>\n
One or both testes do not descend from the abdominal cavity at birth. If undescended the male could be infertile.<\/p>\n
Failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; also called cryptorchidy, cryptorchism; undescended testis.<\/p>\n
The condition in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum and are retained within the abdomen or inguinal canal. The operation of orchidopexy is necessary to bring the testes into the scrotum before puberty to allow subsequent normal development; it is thought that the higher temperature in the abdomen interferes with sperm production.<\/p>\n
An undescended testis. The testes normally descend into the scrotum during the seventh month of gestation; until then, the testis is an abdominal organ. If the testes do not descend before the first year of life, they usually remain undescended until puberty and even then, descent is not achieved in some instances. Fertility is impaired when one testis is affected and is usually absent in the bilateral cases. The incidence of undescended testis in full-term children at birth is 3-5 per cent, falling to less than 2 per cent at one month and 0-7 per cent at one year. Because of the high risk of infertility, undescended testes should be brought down as early as possible and at the latest by the age of two. Sometimes medical treatment with human chorionic gonadotrophin\u00a0is helpful but frequently surgical interference is necessary. This is the operation of orchidopexy.<\/p>\n
In the realm of male reproductive health, there exists a developmental disorder whereby one or both testes fail to descend from the abdomen into the scrotum prior to birth. This condition, known as undescended testes, represents the most frequently observed structural abnormality within the male genital tract.<\/p>\n
Male infants may experience a developmental disorder wherein the testes do not descend into the scrotum in the usual manner.<\/p>\n
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Failure of one or both testicles to descend into the scrotum. Undescended testicle. A condition in a young male in which the testicles do not move down into the scrotum. One or both testes do not descend from the abdominal cavity at birth. If undescended the male could be infertile. Failure of one or both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\n