title: [Sclerosing therapy of testicular hydrocele with tetracycline].
abstract: Twenty-six patients, aged 38 to 78 years, with testicular hydrocele were treated by aspiration, punction and tetracycline instillation. The cure rate was 79%. Inflammation of the scrotum was observed in all of the cases. Due to recurrence two patients underwent surgery, which revealed a hematocele.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Camilo Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Losada Guerra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández Navarro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000628:therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013752:Tetracycline
vernacular_title: Tratamiento esclerosante con tetraciclina del hidrocele del testículo.