Author Question: Identification and treatment of cryptorchid testes should be done by age 2 years. What is an ... (Read 29 times)

debasdf · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

Identification and treatment of cryptorchid testes should be done by age 2 years. What is an important consideration?

a. Medical therapy is not effective after this age.
b. Treatment is necessary to maintain the ability to be fertile when older.
c. The younger child can tolerate the extensive surgery needed.
d. Sexual reassignment may be necessary if treatment is not successful.

Question 2

What is the narrowing of preputial opening of foreskin called?

a. Chordee
b. Phimosis
c. Epispadias
d. Hypospadias

djofnc · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The longer the testis is exposed to higher body heat, the greater the likelihood of damage. To preserve fertility, surgery should be done at an early age. Surgical intervention is the treatment of choice. Simple orchiopexy is usually performed as an outpatient procedure. The surgical procedure restores the testes to the scrotum. This helps the boy to have both testes in the scrotum by school age. Sexual reassignment is not indicated when the testes are not descended.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Phimosis is the narrowing or stenosis of the preputial opening of the foreskin. Chordee is the ventral curvature of the penis. Epispadias is the meatal opening on the dorsal surface of the penis. Hypospadias is a congenital condition in which the urethral opening is located anywhere along the ventral surface of the penis.