Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism Cryptorchidism is the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum. The word is from the Greek κρυπτός, "kryptos", meaning hidden, and ὄρχις, "orchis", meaning testicle. It is the most common birth defect of the male genital tract. About 3% of full-term and 30% of premature infant boys are born with at least one undescended testis. However, about 80% of cryptorchid testes descend by the first year of life (the majority within three months), making the true incidence of cryptorchidism around 1% overall. Cryptorchidism may develop after infancy, sometimes as late as young adulthood, but that is exceptional.
Orchiopexy opening(s) performs the procedure. The higher the testicle, the less successful the procedure. However, the procedure has a high success rate overall. RETRACTILE TESTES This is a kind in which testes are neither fully descended nor purely undescended but testicles are somewhat movable. Means sometimes testes is visible in scrotum and sometimes retract upwards. However this condition is not so dangerous as compared to testes in abdominal cavity but needs surgery/ orchiopexy if testes remain maximum time in abdomen and less in scrotum. Orchiopexy can also be performed to resolve a testicular torsion. If caught early enough and the blood