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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Urogenital Surgical Procedures > Urologic Surgical Procedures > Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male > Orchiopexy

Preferred term

Orchiopexy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Orchidopexies
  • Orchidopexy

Note

  • check tags MALE & ANIMALS or HUMAN.

Scope note

  • A surgical procedure in which an undescended testicle is sutured inside the SCROTUM in male infants or children to correct CRYPTORCHIDISM. Orchiopexy is also performed to treat TESTICULAR TORSION in adults and adolescents.

History note

  • 2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056126

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