M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital physicians provide your child with comprehensive, coordinated care from a variety of medical specialties. Physicians will monitor babies whose testicles have not descended. Sometimes, they can manually manipulate the testicle into the scrotum. Other times, surgery is necessary.

Testicles that remain outside of the scrotum for a long time produce fewer sperm and have a higher risk of cancer. An undescended testicle can also with a hernia, requiring treatment.