undescended testicle does not need removed life span same

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1: Vet Rec. 2002 Mar 30;150(13):408-11.

Decision analysis tree for deciding whether to remove an undescended
testis from
a young dog.

Peters MA, van Sluijs FJ.

Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

A decision analysis tree was constructed to estimate the life span
which might be expected for a dog presented with cryptorchidism at
one year of age if it underwent a preventive orchidectomy or if it
did not. The tree was constructed by using risk factors associated
with cryptorchidism and data on the prevalence of complications
after surgery from the literature. The expected life span
without an orchidectomy was not significantly different from the
expected life span after an orchidectomy.