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orchiectomy
Sign in to saveOrchiectomy (also named orchidectomy) is a surgical procedure in which one or both testicles are removed. The surgery can be performed for various reasons: treatment for testicular cancer as part of gender-affirming surgery for transgender women and non-binary people as management for advanced prostate cancer to remove damaged testes after testicular torsion. after a trauma or complex rupture of the tunica albuginea. as a treatment for post-vasectomy pain syndrome.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.name
- Orchiectomy
- Medical intervention.synonym
- Orchidectomy
- Medical intervention.image
- Diagram showing how the testicle is removed (orchidectomy) CRUK 141.svg
- Medical intervention.caption
- Diagram of the incisions in an orchiectomy
- Medical intervention.specialty
- urology
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Procedure
- Simple orchiectomy
- Subcapsular orchiectomy
- Inguinal orchiectomy
- Partial orchiectomy
- Pre-operative considerations
- Post-operative care
- Risks and complications
- Effects
- Psychosocial effects
- In males
- In transfeminine people
- Medical uses
- Orchiectomy as a gender reassignment procedure
- Pre-operative evaluation
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) criteria
- Other medical considerations
- Orchiectomy as diagnosis and treatment for testicular cancer
- Orchiectomy as a complication of testicular torsion
- Orchiectomy for prostate cancer
- Orchiectomy for pediatric testis tumors
- Post-pubertal populations
- See also
- References
Orchiectomy (also named orchidectomy) is a surgical procedure in which one or both testicles are removed. The surgery can be performed for various reasons: treatment for testicular cancer as part of gender-affirming surgery for transgender women and non-binary people as management for advanced prostate cancer to remove damaged testes after testicular torsion. after a trauma or complex rupture of the tunica albuginea. as a treatment for post-vasectomy pain syndrome.
Less frequently, orchiectomy may be performed following a trauma, or due to wasting away of one or more testicles.