Surgical treatment of testicular cancer

Testicular cancer patients have good results after active treatment, and some patients can be cured, but some patients still relapse after surgery. So what is the surgical treatment method for testicular cancer? It is very necessary to know this question, because it can help patients prepare for surgery. What is the surgical treatment for testicular cancer?

Orchiectomy is suitable for any type of testicular tumor, and it emphasizes that radical orchiectomy should be performed through the inguinal route. The method is: the operation uses an oblique incision in the groin to reach the top of the scrotum, separate the spermatic cord, ligate and cut the spermatic cord and blood vessels at the internal inguinal ring, and then remove the testicle and its tumor. Simple orchiectomy often cannot achieve a complete surgical removal effect, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection is required to achieve the purpose of radical cure.

Patients who undergo this treatment may worry that removing one testicle will affect their sexual ability and may cause infertility. However, men with only one healthy testicle can still have normal erections and produce sperm. Therefore, surgical removal of one testicle will not make the patient impotent or infertile. In addition, during the operation, the doctor can place an artificial testicle in the scrotum. This artificial testicle weighs and feels like a normal testicle, and people who don't know it can't tell the difference between an artificial testicle and a natural testicle by appearance. Some lymph nodes deep in the abdomen are also removed. Although this surgery does not affect the patient's normal erection and orgasm, it can cause infertility because it may prevent ejaculation.

After learning the above knowledge, everyone has a clear understanding of the treatments for testicular cancer. The occurrence of this disease brings extremely serious harm to men's testicular health. Everyone should have a clear understanding of this disease and pay attention to the treatment of this disease to facilitate our treatment of the disease.