{{Short description|Surgical procedure}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} thumb|Scrotal area following a complete scrotectomy
'''Scrotectomy''' ({{IPAc-en|s|k|r|oʊ|ˈ|t|ɛ|k|t|ə|m|i}}) is a surgery to remove all or part of the scrotum.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Stedman |editor1-first=Thomas Lathrop |editor1-link=Thomas Lathrop Stedman |year=2012 |title=Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing |publisher=Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Philadelphia |page=1509 |edition=Illustrated 7th |isbn=978-1-60831-692-2 |oclc=701450140}}</ref> The removal of all scrotal skin is known as a '''complete scrotectomy''', while the partial removal of scrotal skin is known as a '''partial scrotectomy'''. Scrotectomy may be performed with or without orchiectomy (removal of one of both testicles).<ref name=cww>{{cite book |editor1-last=Partin |editor1-first=Alan W. |editor2-last=Dmochowski |editor2-first=Roger R. |editor3-last=Kavoussi |editor3-first=Louis R. |editor4-last=Peters |editor4-first=Craig A. |last1=Hawksworth |first1=Dorota J. |last2=Khera |first2=Mohit |last3=Herati |first3=Amin S. |year=2021 |chapter=Surgery of the Scrotum and Seminal Vesicles |title=Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology |publisher=Elsevier |location=Philadelphia |edition=12th |volume=2 |pages=1844–1845 |isbn=978-0-323-76067-6 |oclc=1196246696}}</ref><ref name=gav>{{Cite book |last1=Akhavan |first1=Arya Andre |title=Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty |last2=Quint |first2=Meg |last3=Satterwhite |first3=Thomas |publisher=Academic Press |year=2025 |isbn=978-0-443-21776-0 |editor1-last=Selvaggi |editor1-first=Gennaro |pages=265–280 |chapter=Chapter 23 - Individually customizable procedures for patients Assigned Male at Birth (AMAB) |doi=10.1016/b978-0-443-21776-0.00023-6 |oclc=1513132611 |editor2-last=Djordjevic |editor2-first=Miroslav L.}}</ref>
Scrotectomy may be performed for a variety of reasons, including:
* As a cosmetic procedure.<ref name=cww/> * As treatment for diseases of the scrotum and/or testicles such as cancer, Fournier gangrene, hidradenitis suppurativa, lymphedema, or lymphangitis.<ref name=cww/> * As treatment for severe injury of the scrotum and/or testicles.<ref name=cww/> * As gender-affirming surgery.<ref name=gav/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Wiktionary-inline|scrotectomy}} * {{Commons-inline}}
Category:Surgical removal procedures Category:Urologic surgery Category:Male genital surgery Category:Scrotum