Is there an alternative treatment?
Only Coloplast offers an FDA approved testicular implant. Alternative products do exist, such as prostheses manually cut from block silicone, but these products do not have FDA approval. Although the testicular prostheses can create or restore a more normal cosmetic appearance of a testes-containing scrotum, the alternative to implant placement is simply no treatment. Not having treatment will require leaving a partially empty or completely empty scrotum. Another alternative is a procedure called subcapsular orchiectomy, which removes the testicle tissue from the capsule. The empty capsule is left in the scrotum. Although this tissue removal provides a smaller scrotal structure, it may be preferable to the alternative of an empty scrotum as described above.
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