Cryptorchidism and Fertility

Cryptorchidism, the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum prenatally, occurs in 2.4%-5% of newborns. Many of these testes will descend spontaneously shortly after birth, but ~23% will remain undescended unless surgery is performed. Bilaterally cryptorchid men have a six times gre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fatma Fawzy, Amr Hussein, Mostafa Mahmoud Eid, Ahmed Mahmoud El Kashash, Hosni Khairy Salem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMRH.S25056