Orchiectomy

"Orchiectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The surgical removal of one or both testicles.

Descriptor ID	D009919
MeSH Number(s)	E04.270.282.679 E04.950.165.679 E04.950.774.860.618
Concept/Terms	Orchiectomy Orchiectomy Orchiectomies Orchidectomy Orchidectomies Castration, Male Castration, Male Castrations, Male Male Castration Male Castrations

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Orchiectomy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Endocrine Surgical Procedures [E04.270]
Castration [E04.270.282]
Orchiectomy [E04.270.282.679]
Urogenital Surgical Procedures [E04.950]
Castration [E04.950.165]
Orchiectomy [E04.950.165.679]
Urologic Surgical Procedures [E04.950.774]
Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male [E04.950.774.860]
Orchiectomy [E04.950.774.860.618]

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Bar chart showing 27 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	3	3
2005	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	2	2
2015	0	2	2
2016	0	2	2
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2020	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2026	0	1	1

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Yokoi N, Shigenaka S, Nakata C, Takagi M, Xiao Y, Hirokoji T, Sasase T, Uno K, Ohta T. Effects of sex hormones on the development of diabetes and pancreatic islet gene expression in obese type 2 diabetes model ZFDM rat. Exp Anim. 2026 Jul 01; 75(3):262-276.

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Saltman AJ, Dorante MI, Jonczyk MM, Chiu M, Bene NC, Kasabwala K, Freniere BB. Outcomes of Orchiectomy for Gender-affirming Surgery: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Study. Urology. 2023 10; 180:98-104.

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Xu R, McQuaid JW, Paulson VA, Kurtz MP, Logvinenko T, Yu RN, Lee RS, Nelson CP. Malignancy Yield of Testis Pathology in Older Boys and Adolescents with Cryptorchidism. J Urol. 2022 Mar; 207(3):694-700.

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Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Kennedy CL, Turco A, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Sandhu S, Morkrid J, Wang Z, Macoska J, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Impact of sex, androgens, and prostate size on C57BL/6J mouse urinary physiology: urethral histology. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2020 03 01; 318(3):F617-F627.

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Ruetten H, Wegner KA, Zhang HL, Wang P, Sandhu J, Sandhu S, Mueller B, Wang Z, Macoska J, Peterson RE, Bjorling DE, Ricke WA, Marker PC, Vezina CM. Impact of sex, androgens, and prostate size on C57BL/6J mouse urinary physiology: functional assessment. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 10 01; 317(4):F996-F1009.

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Carrasquillo R, S?vio LF, Venkatramani V, Parekh D, Ramasamy R. Using microscope for onco-testicular sperm extraction for bilateral testis tumors. Fertil Steril. 2018 04; 109(4):745.

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Zingiryan A, Farina NH, Finstad KH, Stein JL, Lian JB, Stein GS. Dissection of Individual Prostate Lobes in Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer to Obtain High Quality RNA. J Cell Physiol. 2017 01; 232(1):14-8.

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LaClair M, Lacreuse A. Reversal learning in gonadectomized marmosets with and without hormone replacement: are males more sensitive to punishment? Anim Cogn. 2016 May; 19(3):619-30.

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Cornejo KM, Cheng L, Church A, Wang M, Jiang Z. Chromosome 12p abnormalities and IMP3 expression in prepubertal pure testicular teratomas. Hum Pathol. 2016 Mar; 49:54-60.

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Kao CS, Cornejo KM, Ulbright TM, Young RH. Juvenile granulosa cell tumors of the testis: a clinicopathologic study of 70 cases with emphasis on its wide morphologic spectrum. Am J Surg Pathol. 2015 Sep; 39(9):1159-69.

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