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Undescended testes - hopetomatchsoon
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08-26-2014, 06:29 AM
When a baby is born with undescended testes, how long must you wait before you provide treatment?
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08-26-2014, 07:02 AM
6months, but before we knew it was 1 yr
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08-26-2014, 07:34 AM
Oh so is this something that has changed recently?
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08-26-2014, 08:09 AM
I think so, uw explanation says that 6months now
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08-26-2014, 08:09 AM
MTB says higher risk of malignancy if removed over 1 year of age.
but nothing about when.i though it was 1 year also.
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08-26-2014, 08:49 AM
Ok thanks. That's exactly what I thought. I think I'll just go with 6 months according to UW.
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08-26-2014, 09:32 AM
it has changed to 6 months in the new UW step 3.
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