Undescended Testis
Dr M Zahid Hasan
Many a times we get patients of different ages with one testis in scrotum and the other one in inguinal canal or inside abdomen. Recently one young man, a soon-to-be bridegroom, came to me with only one testis in his scrotum, for correction of his anomaly. Common questions in this regards are:
Where is the other testis?
Can we bring it down into scrotum if remain inside?
Will it produce sperm or can he be father?
Can he be able to perform sex?
Can he develop testis cancer if it remains inside?
What if he does nothing and proceeds for marriage since there will be future attempt for having children?
As we are aware that testis develops inside abdomen of the unborn fetus along with Kidneys and ...