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Sclerotherapy of hydroceles with polidocanol

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Fifteen patients with hydroceles of the testis or spermatic cord were treated by aspiration and injection of the sclerosant solution polidocanol. The cure rate of hydroceles after one sclerotherapy session was 73%, and the overall cure rate using the procedure was 87%. No patient experienced pain during or after the procedure, which was conducted without anaesthesia. No complications were observed. It is concluded that sclerotherapy of hydroceles with polidocanol may be a useful alternative to open operation, due to its ease of administration, low frequency of complications, and high rate of effectiveness, and that this agent is preferable to certain other drugs in that it causes no pain during or after the injection.

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  1. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan

    H. Fuse, M. Sakamoto, Y. Fujishiro & T. Katayama

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Fuse, H., Sakamoto, M., Fujishiro, Y. et al. Sclerotherapy of hydroceles with polidocanol. Int Urol Nephrol 26, 199–204 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768287

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