Orchiectomy
Surgical removal of one or both testicles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Orchi" redirects here. For the village in Zanjan, Iran, see Owrachi.
Orchiectomy (also named orchidectomy and sometimes shortened as orchi or orchie) is a surgical procedure in which one or both testicles are removed. The surgery can be performed for various reasons:[1][2][3]
- treatment for testicular cancer
- as part of gender-affirming surgery for transgender women
- as management for advanced prostate cancer[4]
- to remove damaged testes after testicular torsion.
Less frequently, orchiectomy may be performed following a trauma, or due to wasting away of one or more testicles.[5]