Talk:Cryptorchidism

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"Orchidopexy is an operation to move undescended testicles from the abdomen to the scrotum."

That's wrong! With an inguinal testis this kind of operation mya work, but for the abdominal form of "maldescensus testis" you need to perform a semicastration. -- Robodoc.at 18:56, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Intentional cryptorchidism

As the testes need to be at a lower temperature than the body to produce sperm, an experimental male contraceptive method is to intentionally hold them inside the body. While apparently effective, little research has been done and it is not known if there are any long-term risks or side effects. See heat-based contraception.

I removed the above text as it is simply inaccurate. No one is seriously considering doing this with human beings; put it back it if you can cite a real trial, rather than wild-ass speculation. alteripse 11:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

• http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/menu.html
• http://www.malecontraceptives.org/methods/simple_heat.htm
• http://www.malecontraceptives.org/methods/suspensories.htm
• http://www.puzzlepiece.org/bcontrol/malebc.html — Omegatron 17:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I looked at every link. All deal with ways to increase temperature. I really liked the do-yourself suspensory briefs devised by the toxicologist-- guaranteed to appeal to engineers. However, this list is a bit of flimflam, as not a single link describes surgical cryptorchidism in a human. There was one animal study that reported promising results. While the suspensory and heat methods should be mentioned in a male contraception article, it doesn't belong in this article until someone actually does it in a person. Thanks for understanding. alteripse 22:34, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Um, what? Nowhere did anyone ever say it is surgical, and it has been done on several people, as shown in the links. Try here: [1] What do you dislike about it being included in the article? It's just a link to the main heat-based contraception article. — Omegatron 00:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I assumed the only reasonable definition of artificial cryptorchidism was "inside", not "pushed up to the top of the scrotum". Your latest link does show the phrase "artificial cryptorchidism" used for the suspensory method. I certainly consider it a misnomer, but apparently the editor of the medical journal bought it, so if you want to put it in I won't object. Just make it clear that the phrase does not mean inside the inguinal canal or abdomen, just pushed up to the top of the scrotum by special underwear. alteripse 00:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm no anatomist, and it sounds uncomfortable as hell, but they do say "suspended in the abdomen" and "partially inside the inguinal canals". — Omegatron 00:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Unless you have an inguinal hernia, you can't push them up into the inguinal canal, just to the top of the scrotum. When that naturally occurs, we call them retractile, not cryptorchid. That's why it didn't even occur to me that cryptorchidism applied to those links. alteripse 01:02, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I didn't even know what "cryptorchidism" was until I came here about this. What would be a more accurate medical term? — Omegatron 01:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

If you have ever had a doctor check you for a hernia, he pushes his finger into the top of your scrotum upwards toward the inguinal canal. Tissue is deformable enough that the testes can be pushed up into the same area. They are "in the abdomen" in the same sense that your finger tip is "in the abdomen" if you push it into your belly button an inch-- not topologically or anatomically, but at the close to the same temperature. The temperature is the key part here and it is essentially the only aspect of cryptorchidism that is reproduced by those suspensory briefs. As soon as they take the briefs off, the testes would slide right back down into the lower part of the scrotum, wiping the sweat off their little brows. I appreciate your showing me the links, because I had never heard of this as a actual mode of contraception. Give me a few minutes and then take a look at what I put in the article. I honestly don't think much more belongs here, though it certainly deserves a full description and links in the male contraception article. alteripse 01:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Ick.

Anyway, thanks for re-adding it. I like your version better. — Omegatron 07:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)