title: Treatment of testicular hydrocele with tetracycline sclerotherapy.
abstract: Fifteen patients with primary hydrocele of the testis were treated by aspiration and injection of tetracycline. Only 5 patients (33.3%) were cured by a single injection of tetracycline. Furthermore, 46.6% of our patients experienced severe scrotal pain, three of whom required open surgery. We do not recommend single injection tetracycline therapy, and further injections were not performed due to severe side effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bircan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000628:therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013752:Tetracycline