Dr. Laird treats Louis, a one-year-old French bulldog with one testicle stuck in his abdomen. Cryptorchid dogs are 13.6 times more likely to develop testicular tumors because the internal testicle stays too warm. Surgery removes the undescended testicle while keeping the normal one.
Hey, guys. My name is Dr. Laird here in Heron Lakes Animal Hospital. Today I'm here with Louis. Louis is a French bulldog. He is still just under a year of age. He'll turn a year in about October. Is that right, dad? He's already a year. He's already a year. Yeah. July 13th. July. Okay, so he just turned a year. So Lewis is here today because he is cryptorchid. So if we take a look at his. We take a look at his abdomen right here. Come here, bud. We're making out right here. He's got. I don't know if you guys can see this, but this is actually one of his testicles. He only has one testicle here, and the other testicle is right here. And so when you have a patient that has a testicle like him in his. Not in his scrotum, that makes them much, much, much more likely to go ahead and have that testicle turn into a tumor. There was one study that actually showed that cryptorchid dogs, so dogs that the testicle didn't go into the scrotum were 13.6 times more likely to have that testicle turn into a tumor. And so the reason being is because the body is set up to have that testicle sit in the scrotum. So as they get warmer, the testicle or scrotum should go ahead and kind of drop a little bit and get away from the body to cool off. Or if it's cold in the testicle, or the scrotum should come back up to the body to maintain a certain temperature. And so since the testicle is in this particular case is against the body all the time, it doesn't have that ability to go ahead and keep cool. So there. There are two kinds of crypt orchids. One in the abdomen and one outside of the abdomen. He has it outside the abdomen. There is no differentiation as of right now that we're aware of where being a testicle outside of the abdomen but against the body wall is a lesser risk. So it is my medical recommendation to have that testicle surgically removed. The other testicle that's sitting in the scrotum should probably be fine, but the one that is not in it should be removed. If you guys have any questions about this particular video, please go ahead and leave it in the comment box. If you found this video helpful, go ahead and share it with somebody, give us a thumbs up and subscribe. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. And if you have anything else you guys want us to talk about, just leave it in the comments.
