Comparison of results of treatment of hydrocele and epididymal cysts by surgery and injection.
A comparison has been made between a series of hydroceles and cysts of epididymis treated by surgery with a complication rate of at least 17% haematoma and 10% sepsis, an average hospital stay of five days, and a much longer time off work, and a series treated by tapping and injection (described in detail) requiring one to three visits to outpatients, an almost negligible complication rate, and no failures in those completing treatment.
D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004822:Epididymis / Q000601:surgery; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*