Talk:Cryptorchidism

message: "Orchidopexy is an operation to move undescended testicles from the abdomen to the scrotum."
That's wrong! With an inguinal testis this kind of operation mya work, but for the abdominal form of "maldescensus testis" you need to perform a semicastration. -- Robodoc.at 18:56, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong!

message: I re-added the photo which seems to be used in at least two other Wikipedias in the counterparts of this very article. I tried to find signs of the alleged digital manipulation of the image, but honestly couldn't see anything that would suggest the allegation to be true. We have to be able to trust material we have readily available. The photo has been available on Wikipedia for more than a year, so it seems no one else has seen any problem with it than the person who appears to have removed the photo from this article multiple times. However, I would want to hear the opinions people have. Is the photo indeed fake? If it is, it has to be removed not only from this article but from all of Wikipedia. If it isn't, could it be considered inappropriate regardless? In that case, what would you suggest to take its place to demonstrate cryptorchidism in human males?
My personal opinion on the latter is that it isn't inappropriate. Granted, this is an article about a medical condition and photos of certain medical conditions which involve large amounts of tissue damage could be too much for the layperson, but this doesn't belong to that category. The male reproductive system seen in the photos looks perfectly healthy to me despite the cryptorchidism. 82.130.15.166 (talk) 01:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of cryptorchidism in human males 

message: Reference for "The most common type of testicular cancer occurring in undescended testes is seminoma" line required.
Pradyumna k m (talk) 14:14, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  References missing 

message: The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia says "Usually the testicle will descend into the scrotum without any intervention during the first year of life."  Yet the article currently reads "[U]ndescended testes are usually brought into the scrotum in infancy by a surgical procedure called an orchiopexy." and "[P]rimary management of cryptorchidism is surgery, called orchiopexy." w/o references.  So I shall change it, replacing "usually"...  The article suffers from inconsistency that is perhaps best remedied by stating that views on best practices among experts are evolving , and then describing the situation in detail. --W☯W t/c 21:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most cases get better on their own, without any treatment. 

message: In the section [consequences], it is said things such as "sexual normality" or "without special sexual or gender problems" which are quite offensive to gay and trans people, so I'd suggest they be replaced by "cis-heterosexuality" or something like that. Indeed, being gay or trans isn't a sexual or gender "problem". Mondrak (talk) 22:38, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Now, that paragraph says "gender-disordered, effeminate, or prehomosexual", which is equally offensive. And "prehomosexual" is ridiculous. You're either homosexual or you're not, there is no "pre-" because sexuality is not a choice. And being gay or trans is not "disordered" or wrong or unnatural or pathological in any way. Please replace this offensive and outdated language with something modern, accurate, and respectful. 2601:441:467F:9E00:2CDE:C291:1C36:6E2F (talk) 00:53, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

text: Given that the entire "Psychological Consequences" section is based on a single 1974 paper, I suspect that the paper was concerned exclusively with LGBTQ identities as "psychological problems" and has no relevance whatsoever to actual psychiatric distress of any kind. I move that the whole section be deleted, unless someone has access to that paper and can find something in it that's actually worth saying. 2601:441:467F:9E00:2CDE:C291:1C36:6E2F (talk) 00:56, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Psychological consequences