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orchidectomy
orchidectomy Surg. (ɔːkɪˈdɛktəmɪ) [Improperly for orchiectomy, f. Gr. ὄρχι-ς + ἐκτοµή cutting-out.] Excision of one or both of the testicles; castration. Cf. orchiectomy.1870 Austral. Med. Jrnl. XV. 277 Dr. [D. J.] Thomas said, ‘I look upon it as a case of strumous sarcocele, requiring operation, wh...
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Inguinal orchiectomy
Inguinal orchiectomy (also named orchidectomy) is a specific method of orchiectomy whereby one or both testicles and the full spermatic cord are surgically
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Orchiectomy: Why It's Done and Possible Side Effects - Verywell Health
Nov 26, 2023An orchiectomy (also called orchidectomy ) is the removal of one or both of the testicles . It may be necessary to remove a testicle to prevent or stop the spread of certain types of cancer. In some instances, testicular injury requires an orchiectomy. Removal of the testicles is also one of several procedures performed for transgender women.
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orchiectomy
orchiectomy Surg. (ɔːkiːˈɛktəmɪ) [See orchidectomy.] = orchidectomy.1894 in Gould Dict. Med. 938/1. 1948 Bailey & Love Short Pract. Surg. (ed. 8) III. xxxiii. 602 Orchiectomy is indicated when the other testis is normal, and the cord too short to allow replacement of the maldescended organ in the sc...
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Orchiectomy
Orchiectomy (also named orchidectomy, and sometimes shortened as orchi or orchie) is a surgical procedure in which one or both testicles are removed.
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orchido-
orchido- assumed combining form of Gr. ὄρχις (the etymological form being orchio-); usually taken as if repr. orchid; as in orchiˈdologist, one versed in orchidology; orchiˈdology, that branch of botany, or of horticulture, which deals with orchids; ˌorchidoˈmania, a craze for orchids; ˈorchidopexy ...
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Spermatocytic tumor
Treatment
Unlike classical seminoma, spermatocytic tumors rarely metastasise, so radical orchidectomy alone is sufficient treatment, and retroperitoneal
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hernio-
hernio- comb. form of hernia, as in herniˈology, that part of pathology which treats of hernia, a treatise on hernia. ˌherniolapaˈrotomy [Gr. λαπάρα the flank + -τοµία cutting], ‘the division of the abdominal walls in order to reach a strangulated hernia which has been returned en masse, so that the...
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Christian Hamburger
Under Hamburger's care, Jorgensen was given estrogen hormone replacement therapy and underwent a penectomy and orchidectomy.
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Genital leiomyoma
Leiomyomas in the scrotum require an orchidectomy, or surgical removal of one or two testicles. The patient underwent orchidectomy, or surgical removal of the testicle.
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Bob Champion
He was treated with an orchidectomy and with the chemotherapeutic drugs bleomycin, vinblastine and cisplatin, and also had an exploratory operation to
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David Reimer
At the age of 22 months, David underwent a bilateral orchidectomy, in which his testes were surgically removed and a rudimentary vulva was constructed
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List of -ectomies
Orchiectomy is the surgical removal of the testicles, also called orchidectomy, castration, or neutering.
Ostectomy is the surgical removal of bone.
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Pediatric spaying
Pediatric spaying (also known as “prepuberal” or “early” spaying) or neutering is defined as performing an ovariohysterectomy (spaying) or orchidectomy
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Richard Herring
In 2010 he was made a patron of Humanists UK (formerly The British Humanist Association) and said:
In February 2021 he had an orchidectomy to remove
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