In boys with undescended testis, the risk of developing infertility is traditionally predicted based on a decrease in germ cell count observed using testicular biopsy samples. However, the process of ...

Testicular retraction is a condition in which a testicle descends normally into the scrotum, but can be pulled up with an involuntary muscle contraction into the groin. This condition is different ...

Ultrasonography cannot reliably localize nonpalpable undescended testes, but a combination of conventional MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) should be recommended, according to two recent ...

Undescended testicles (UT), which is used synonymously with the term cryptorchidism, is characterized as the failure of either one or both testes and their associated structures to descend during ...

My 2013 book, How We Do It, addressed an enduring mystery in mammal reproduction: “It is often claimed that the word ‘testify’ comes from an ancient Roman custom in which a man would clutch his testes ...

A TIPPERARY MAN is speaking out about his experience of having a failed surgery for undescended testes at the age of two. It only emerged that his surgery was not successful and that he still had an ...

Testis development is a complex process that starts even before birth. Normally, the developing testes progressively migrate to reach the scrotum during the fetal stage. However, any abnormality in ...