Complications
Complication rate depends on the type of surgery and experience of the surgeon.
Short-term complications may also include pain, bleeding, or infection.
May appear faintly after low-dose radiation used in men with prostate cancer.
Complication rate depends on the type of surgery and experience of the surgeon.
A second surgery may be required for more cosmetic improvement.
Testosterone treatment stimulates erythropoietin and may cause erythrocytosis, especially in smokers.[100] Most patients will have an increase in haematocrit and haemoglobin, but few develop polycythaemia.
Testosterone treatment may worsen sleep apnoea.
Testosterone treatment does not cause prostate cancer but may stimulate growth if prostate cancer is already present.
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