Comparison of Results of Treatment of Hydrocele and Epididymal Cysts by Surgery and Injection

Abstract

A comparison has been made between a series of hydro-celes and cysts of epididymis treated by surgery with a complication rate of at least 17% haematoma and 10% sepsis, an average hospital stay of five days, and a much longer time off work, and a series treated by tapping and injection (described in detail) requiring one to three visits to outpatients, an almost negligible complication rate, and no failures in those completing treatment. © 1975, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.