Intersex medical interventions these are rare in North America and Europe. Masculinizing surgery for completely virilized individuals with XX sex chromosomes and CAH is even rarer. Orchiopexy for repair of undescended testes (cryptorchidism) is the second most common surgery performed on infant male genitalia (after circumcision). The surgeon moves one or both testes, with blood vessels, from an abdominal or inguinal position to the scrotum. If the inguinal canal is open it must be closed to prevent hernia. Potential surgical problems include maintaining the blood supply. If vessels cannot be stretched into the scrotum, or are separated and cannot be reconnected, a testis
Cello scrotum this and other hoax medical letters for evidence-based medicine and public understanding of science were discussed by Séamus Mac Suibhne. Cello scrotum Cello scrotum is a hoax medical condition originally published as a brief case report in the "British Medical Journal" in 1974. As its name suggests, it was purportedly an affliction of the scrotum affecting male players of the cello. The original letter was written by Dr Elaine Murphy but signed by her husband John as a joke to compare with a previous letter regarding 'guitar nipple', a condition reportedly occurring when some styles of guitar playing excessively irritate