Table 4.
Outcomes after gonadal surgery (Gonadectomy/orchidopexy) from genital examination and participant‐reported measures in males.
|
All operated (N = 101) |
Gonadectomy (N = 26) |
Gonadectomy and orchidopexy (N = 25) |
Orchidopexy n = 50 |
Test statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genital examinations | |||||||||
| Genital examination performed | 82 (82.0) | 19 (76.0) | 22 (88.0) | 41 (82.0) | n.s. | ||||
| Scrotal appearance | |||||||||
| Fused | 53 (73.6) | 13 (72.2) | 15 (71.4) | 25 (75.8) | n.s. | ||||
| Symmetrical | 53 (77.9) | 13 (81.3) | 13 (61.9) † | 27 (87.1) | n.s. | ||||
| Hypoplastic | 24 (36.4) | 6 (37.5) | 6 (28.6) | 12 (41.4) | n.s. | ||||
| Gonad localization (left/right) | |||||||||
| Scrotal | 48 (64.9) | 50 (67.6) | 8 (50.0) | 5 (31.3) † | 8 (38.1) † | 9 (42.9) † | 32 (86.5) † | 36 (97.3) † | Left: χ 2(4) = 17.7** |
| Ectopic | 3 (4.1) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (9.5) † | 1 (2.7) | 0 (0) | Right: χ 2(4) = 34.5*** |
| Impalpable | 23 (31.1) | 22 (29.7) | 8 (50.0) | 11 (68.8) † | 11 (52.4) † | 10 (47.6) † | 4 (10.8) † | 1 (2.7) † | |
| Participant‐reported measures | |||||||||
| Scrotal body image | |||||||||
| (Very) Satisfied | 33 (37.9) | 4 (21.1) | 10 (45.5) | 19 (41.3) | χ 2(4) = 11.1* | ||||
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 20 (23.0) | 3 (15.8) | 2 (9.1) | 15 (32.6) † | |||||
| (Very) Dissatisfied | 34 (39.1) | 12 (63.2) † | 10 (45.5) | 12 (26.2) † | |||||
| Testicular body image | |||||||||
| (Very) Satisfied | 23 (27.4) | 3 (17.6) | 9 (40.9) | 11 (24.4) | n.s. | ||||
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 15 (17.9) | 1 (5.9) | 3 (13.6) | 11 (24.4) | |||||
| (Very) Dissatisfied | 46 (54.8) | 13 (76.5) | 10 (45.5) | 23 (51.1) | |||||
n.s., not significant.
†
Difference in post hoc testing.
*
P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001.