Monday, September 9, 2013

TESTICULAR SPARING SURGERY FOR TESTICULAR MALIGNANCY

Testicular tumor sadly affects the young people.The cancer cure along with restoring the fertility is a concern for  the treating urologist.
It has been stressed that all men who undergo treatment for testicular cancer should go for semen banking as the surgery can potentially harm the fertility potential of the patient.
In cases of bilateral testicular tumor or the tumor occurring in a solitary testicle attempts have been made to apply the organ sparing techniques.
In such techniques, various strategies have been employed like, irradiating the testicle in cases  leaving a margin of 2 cm , applying cold ischemia, taking random biopsies from the tumor bed.It is desired to have the best of the both worlds by having oncological control and at the same time restoring/ preserving the fertility.
There have been many studies where it has been seen that the patients who have undergone testicular sparing surgeries have successfully fathered children..



     

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