A hydrocelectomy is a surgical procedure to repair a hydrocele, which is a buildup of fluid around a testicle. Often a hydrocele will resolve itself without treatment. However, as a hydrocele grows ...

April 21, 2003 — Aspiration with sclerotherapy is inexpensive and safe, athough less effective than hydrocelectomy for the treatment of hydroceles, according to the results of a study published in the ...

Hydrocelectomy can be performed in Day Surgery, which means that the patient should be able to go home after surgery once he is stable. More often an overnight stay is recommended. A child who has ...

Hydrocele and inguinal hernia in female patients arise from anomalies of the processus vaginalis and its female counterpart, the canal of Nuck. During embryogenesis, this peritoneal extension ...

Hydrocelectomy is a kind of surgery used to remove fluid-filled sacs called hydroceles. These form in the scrotum, the muscular pouch of skin that holds and protects the testicles. A hydrocele forms ...