Contemporary practice of testicular prosthesis insertion

Peer review under responsibility of Arab Association of Urology.

Figures & data

Table 1 The practice of orchidectomy across all age groups.

Age group, years	N (%)
<13	289 (8.6)
13–15	108 (3.2)
16–20	210 (6.2)
21–30	569 (16.9)
31–40	555 (16.5)
>40	1,633 (48.5)
All patients	3364 (100)

Table 2 Age distribution of the common indications for orchidectomy.

Indication for orchidectomy, %	Age group, years
	<13	13–15	16–20	21–30	31–40	>40
Testicular atrophy	29.4	3.7	5.7	4.2	5.8	3.5
Undescended testis	20.8	28.7	31.0	23.9	16.4	6.4
Torsion	19.4	51.9	19.5	6.3	2.0	0.9
Testicular tumour	4.8	3.7	24.3	47.0	50.4	18.0
Inflammation	0.3	1.9	2.9	3.9	3.8	9.7
Vascular complications^a	2.0	0.9	1.0	2.7	3.6	21.7
Hormonal manipulation for prostate cancer	0	0	0	0	0.2	21.0
Others	2.0	7.4	3.3	8.4	10.1	14.3
Indication unknown	21.3	1.8	12.3	3.6	6.7	4.5

a Vascular impairment of the testis during inguinoscrotal surgery resulting in damage and subsequent orchidectomy.

Figure 1 Timing of TPI after orchidectomy.