title: [A clinical guideline for diagnosis and treatment of hydrocele in childhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a guideline available to the medical staff of the first and second level of care, which includes recommendations based on the best available evidence about diagnosis and management of hydrocele in the pediatric patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical questions were formulated and structured. Standardized sequence was established to search for practice guidelines from the clinical questions raised on diagnosis and treatment of hydrocele in children. The working group searched clinical practice guidelines and found only one. For recommendations not included in the reference guide the search process was conducted in PubMed and Cochrane Library. The results were expressed as levels of evidence and grade of recommendation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most of the infant hydroceles are communicating and do resolve without treatment, however recognize those to need surgery is necessary to treat opportunely.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Castilla-Ramírez
authors.forename: Sandra Yasmín
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: López-Flores
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Rocío Rábago-Rodríguez
authors.forename: José Martín
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tolosa-Kuk
authors.forename: Adriana Abigail
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Valenzuela-Flores
authors.forename: Manuel Vladimir
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Atocha Solís-Cantón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*