title: Treatment of hydrocele: randomised prospective study of simple aspiration and sclerotherapy with tetracycline.
abstract: Following reports in the literature on the efficacy of tetracycline sclerotherapy in the treatment of hydroceles, we carried out a randomised prospective study of 45 patients (50 hydroceles), comparing simple evacuation with tetracycline sclerotherapy. The results revealed no statistically significant difference in the percentage of success between the 2 groups, but complications were more common in the patients treated with tetracycline. The good results reported by other authors in non-randomised studies are, therefore, not confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Community Hospital, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Breda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gherardi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xausa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000628:therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013752:Tetracycline