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Surgery for undescended testicles in a 50 year old man

Surgery for undescended testicles in a 50 year old man


  Is it advisable to surgically remove an undescended esticle in a 50 year old man? I have very good health otherwise. The location of the undescended testicle makes it difficult to examine.
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Dear Charles,
There was a paper published in the Urologic literature that stated, after the age of 32, the need to remove an undescended testicle was less than the risk of the operation.  I have not been able to examine you but you state that it is difficult to examine the testicle, not impossible.  This leads me to believe that the testicle is in what
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