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
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA, 273(16), pp. 1292–1295. Available at: http://jama.ama-assn.org. Richardson, W.S. & Detsky, A.S., 1995. Users’ guides to the medical literature. VII. How to use a clinical decision analysis. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA, 273(20), pp. 1610–1613. Available at: http://jama.ama-assn.org. Richardson, W.S. et al., 1999. Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: XV. How to Use an Article About Disease Probability for Differential Diagnosis. JAMA, 281(13), pp. 1214–1219. Available at: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/doi/10.1001/jama.281.13.1214 Richardson, W.S. et al., 2000. Users’ Guides to the Medical