{"id":557,"date":"2020-10-13T01:20:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=557"},"modified":"2020-10-13T01:20:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T01:20:49","slug":"what-do-i-do-about-an-undescended-testicle","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-do-i-do-about-an-undescended-testicle\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I do about an undescended testicle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-faq-category-title-accordion\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='desc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/557' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-557-HypfSSJDC0' data-post_id='557'>\n\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title '>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-do-i-do-about-an-undescended-testicle\/' >\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tWhat do I do about an undescended testicle?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body ' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\n<p>Please visit a urologist in your area. Newborns may have an undescended testicle but almost all boys should have it drop to the scrotum by one year of age. An undescended testicle at an older age has an increased chance of cancer later in life. But this does not mean it will become cancerous. If the testicle were in the scrotum it would continue to function and you could check periodically to see if a cancer were developing. If you are older than one year and have an undescended testicle then you should definitely see a urologist in your area to either perform orchiopexy to put it down in the scrotum, or have orchiectomy to remove it. Which one is right depends on factors you can discuss with your urologist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-custom-fields'>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-categories'>\n\t\n\tCategory:\n\t\n\t\tTesticular Cancer\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-do-i-do-about-an-undescended-testicle\/' ><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tA<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tWhat do I do about an undescended testicle?\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please visit a urologist in your area. Newborns may have an undescended testicle but almost all boys should have it drop to the scrotum by one year of age. An undescended testicle at an older age has an increased chance of cancer later in [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atkinsonurology.com\/journal\/ufaqs\/what-do-i-do-about-an-undescended-testicle\/\">read more&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[133],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-557","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-testicular-cancer-cat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do I do about an undescended testicle? &#060; J. Dudley Atkinson IV, MD - Urologist in Fargo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Undescended testicles can be treated as a child or as an adult. 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