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A novel technique of a laparoscopic percutaneous guide wire for extraperitoneal internal ring closure in the management of a pediatric communicating hydrocele [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
ObjectiveTo investigate the novel technique of a laparoscopic percutaneous guide wire for extraperitoneal closure (LPEC) of a patent processus vaginalis (PPV) of hydrocele in the pediatric age population.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted on ...
Guojian Ding, Shuai Sun, Yuming Wang, Yang Xiaofeng, Xinxing Liu, Zhaojiao Cai, Geng Lei, Tingliang Fu, Xiaoliang Xu   +8 more
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When a hydrocele is more than a hydrocele: Warning symptoms and signs of malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis [PDF]

Urology Case Reports
Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis (MMTVT) is a rare tumor with no pathognomonic features. It most often presents as a hydrocele.
Joel Cornfield, Mary Lee, Roohollah Sharifi   +2 more
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Abdominoscrotal hydrocele: A systematic review and proposed clinical grading

African Journal of Urology, 2018
Introduction: Abdominoscrotal hydrocele is a rare hydrocele variant in pediatrics and adults. Besides the historical concerns, controversies in etiology and management of abdominoscrotal hydrocele warrant studying.
Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem
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Marriage, Sex, and Hydrocele: An Ethnographic Study on the Effect of Filarial Hydrocele on Conjugal Life and Marriageability from Orissa, India

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF), a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability, affects 120 million people globally. Hydrocele, one of the chronic manifestations of LF among 27 million people worldwide, causes economic and psychological ...
Bontha V Babu, Suchismita Mishra
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Reactive Scrotal Hydrocele Secondary to Hematoma: A Complication of Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernioplasty—A Report of Two Cases [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery
This case report presents two unique cases of reactive hydrocele formation following transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair in adult patients.
Goutam Natkunarajah, Alexandros Valorenzos, Thomas Nikolas Valsamidis, Kristian Als Nielsen   +3 more
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Comparison of the inguinal and scrotal approaches for the treatment of communicating hydrocele in children

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014
The inguinal approach is used for the treatment of hydrocele in the pediatric population. Although studies on scrotal orchiopexy have mentioned hernia or hydrocele repair through the same scrotal incision as a part of an orchiopexy procedure, there are a
Yusuf Kibar, Ahmet Ali Sancaktutar, Engin Kaya   +2 more
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Giant communicating hydrocele in a 36-year-old Nigerian man

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2021
Hydrocele can be defined as an abnormal collection of fluid within the tunica vaginalis of the scrotum or along the spermatic cord. Giant hydroceles contain over 1 L of fluid and are rare. Communicating hydrocele, which occurs due to abnormal persistence
P A Egharevba, A K Cassell, A I Okunlola, O A Omisanjo   +3 more
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Abdominoinguinal hydrocele presenting as abdominal mass in a male child: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2023
Introduction: Abdominoinguinal hydrocele represents an extremely rare variant of abdominoscrotal hydrocele, which in turn is a rare variant of the common scrotal hydrocele.
Moaied A. Hassan, Thura K. Ja'afar
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Laparoscopic treatment of an abdominoscrotal hydrocele requiring concomitant laparoscopic ipsilateral inguinal hernia repair

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021
Failure of the processus vaginalis to obliterate during development leads to a gradient of pathologies including indirect inguinal hernia, communicating hydrocele, hydrocele of the cord, and noncommunicating hydrocele including Abdominoscrotal Hydrocele (
Grayson Mast, Cody Lendon Mullens, Dan W. Parrish   +2 more
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Exploring determinants of hydrocele surgery coverage related to Lymphatic Filariasis in Nepal: An implementation research study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundHydrocele is a chronic condition in males in which there is an excessive collection of straw-colored fluid, which leads to enlargement of the scrotum.
Choden Lama Yonzon, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Raj Kumar Subedi, Sagun Paudel, Ashmita Ghimire, Elsa Herdiana Murhandarwati   +5 more
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