Title: Orchiectomy - procedure, blood, removal, pain, time, infection, operation, medication
Headings: Orchiectomy
Orchiectomy
Definition
Purpose
Demographics
Cancer
Gender reassignment
Description
Simple orchiectomy
Subcapsular orchiectomy
Inguinal orchiectomy
Diagnosis/Preparation
Diagnosis
Preparation
Aftercare
Risks
Normal results
Cancer
Gender reassignment
Morbidity and mortality rates
Alternatives
Cancer
Gender reassignment
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Content: An  orchiectomy is sometimes done to prevent cancer when an undescended  testicle is found in a patient who is beyond the age of puberty. A bilateral orchiectomy is commonly performed as one stage in  male-to-female (MTF) gender reassignment surgery. It is done both to lower  the levels of male hormones in the patient's body and to prepare  the genital area for later operations to construct a vagina and external  female genitalia. Some European countries and four states in the United States (California,  Florida, Montana, and Texas) allow convicted sex offenders to request  surgical castration to help control their sexual urges. This option is  considered controversial in some parts of the legal system. A small number  of men with very strong sex drives request an orchiectomy for religious  reasons; it should be noted, however, that official Roman Catholic  teaching is opposed to the performance of castration for spiritual purity. Demographics
Cancer
Cancers in men vary widely in terms of both the numbers of men affected  and the age groups most likely to be involved. Prostate cancer is the  single most common malignancy affecting American men over the age of 50; about 220,000 cases are reported each year.