Testicle removal
Testicle removal, or orchiectomy, is performed for multiple reasons including, most commonly, testicular torsion and malignancy. Testicles are sometimes removed to slow aggressive or metastatic prostate cancer. Also, testicles are removed during gender reassignment surgery and on occasion, for chronic pain.
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A 34-year old asked:
Testicle removal: what are the consequences!?
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A 35-year old asked:
What are the consequences of testicle removal?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: testicle removal?
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A 22-year old male asked:
How long after a testicle removal can I masturbate?
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A 33-year old asked:
How long does it take to recover from a testicle removal operation?
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A 38-year old asked:
What kind of infection would require testicle removal/vasectomy?
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A male asked:
When can I play football (soccer) after a testicle removal?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can i reduce my testosterone by getting a vasectomy or testicle removal surgery?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Had chemotherapy and testicle removal in 2007 .Regain my hair but they are very less in number .Should I have a hair transplant surgery ?.How safe ?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can hair loss due to chemotherapy and testicle removal be cured by hair transplant surgery ? Is it safe and effective to transplant hair ?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I burned my penis shaft and testicles with hair removal lotion .Going to the doctor would be embarrassing. I've used Forever Living aloe lotion/gelly.
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A 28-year old female asked:
Transgender. How would removal of testicles significantly before SRS afffect vagioplasty outcome? If difference in depth, how significant?
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A 21-year old male asked:
How common is testicle torsion and how common is removal of testicle if treatment doesn't work?
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A 41-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my dad is diagnosed with prostate cancer, and doctor is saying for removal of testicles,?
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A 36-year old asked:
My father is diagnosed with prostate cancer, and doctor is saying for removal of testicles, Is this necessary?
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A male asked:
How much harder is it to have a baby after the removal of 1 testicle?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is removal of atrophied testicle in infants is standard clinical procedure? Or just recommended. What if we don't remove, are there any cases where atrophied testicle is de-torsed and in future it might just get normal?
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A 30-year old asked:
Would removal of the testicles cause a man to be unable to keep an erection?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Can the removal of one testicle (due to a tortion) cause discomfort for the other? After examination doctor said the one left has no problem.
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A 28-year old male asked:
After removal of 1 testicle penis size decreases when remain testicle come closer to body then again back to normal when testis move away from body ??
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A 36-year old male asked:
How long of a hospital stay is it for testicular torsion repair surgery with the removal of left testicle?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Had scrotal epidermoid cysts removal 10 days ago. One of my testicle is bigger, hard and painful after surgery. What should I expect?
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A 63-year old male asked:
Considering the male stigma regarding the removal of the testicles, are female urologists more suitable in performing bilateral orchiectomy?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Been having testicle pain for four years after vasectomy. Doctor recommending removal of epididymis. ...will this stop the pain?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I used veet hair removal cream on my testicles(balls) And it gave me blisters How can I make it stop?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I've had meatotomy to be able to do cystoscopy, then I installed a catheter, now after catheter removal, urinte has 2 streams, and when i ejaculate it feels abnormal, little bit painful, With a little pain in testicles,could it be urethral stricture?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Does trauma to the testicles causing hernia, and surgical removal, always leave behind a hematocele resembling testicular cancer that lasts many years?
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A 45-year old female asked about a 36-year old male:
How long should the testicle be hard and swollen and inguinal hernia repair and removal of a cord lipoma? Little to no pain just hard and swollen.
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A 26-year old male asked:
Can I use "at home IPL hair removal device" on: a)shaft of penis , b)testicles , c)genital region, d)on the skin on top of adam's apple, e)neck?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Is testicle are same in size?
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