maintaining the appearance of an ordinary scrotum.

Inguinal orchiectomy

Inguinal orchiectomy (named from the Latin inguen for "groin", and also called radical orchiectomy) is performed when an onset of testicular cancer is suspected, in order to prevent a possible spread of cancer from the spermatic cord into the lymph nodes near the kidneys.

An inguinal orchiectomy can be either unilateral (one testicle) or bilateral (both testicles). The surgeon makes an

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