...Nico C. Grossmann; Natalia Gröbli; Noémie Lautenbach; Andres Affentranger; Daniel Eberli; Tullio Sulser; Thomas Hermanns; Cédric Poyet Introduction: Open hydrocelectomy via scrotal incision is the standard approach for secondary hydroceles. Traditionally, the Swiss urologic community offer...

... at clarifying the origin of miR 371a-3p by measuring this miR in peripheral vein blood, and in fluids present in the vicinity of GCTs. Methods: miR-371a-3p levels were measured by quantitative PCR in 9 tumor surrounding hydroceles and in cubital vein blood (CVB) and testicular vein blood (TVB) of 64 GCT...

...Mehmet Gulum; Hasan Cece; Ercan Yeni; Murat Savas; Halil Ciftci; Ekrem Karakas; Hakim Celik; Ismail Yagmur Objective: To investigate the effects of increased pressure due to the accumulated fluid around testis in hydrocele on testis diffusion and whether this effect (if any) is correlated...

... Varicocele Varicocelectomy Hydrocele Male infertility Abstract Conventional varicocelectomy is complicated by a postoperative recurrence rate o f 5-20% in patients with varicocele [1,2]. On the other hand, the exact location and relationship o f the internal, external and gubernacular veins, arteries...

... tissue along the spermatic cord in 31 patients in 1,862 groin surgical explorations, an overall incidence of 1.66%. None were found in females. Of the 31 cases, 20 were diagnosed as having undescended testes, 8 communicating hydrocele, and 3 inguinal hernia. Median age at diagnosis was 6.5 years (range 2...

...F. Cahit Tanyel; N. Nuray Ulusu; E. Ferhan Tezcan; Nebil Büyükpamukçu Introduction: Inguinal hernia and hydrocele are suggested to result from the persistence of smooth muscle (SM) which should undergo programmed cell death (PCD) after presenting transiently to propel the testis. Since Ca 2...

.... Therefore, the Ca 2+ content of CM associated with an undescended testis was determined and compared with the Ca 2+ content associated with inguinal hernia and hydrocele and in internal oblique muscles. CM samples from boys with undescended testis (n = 9), inguinal hernia (n = 15), and hydrocele (n = 7...

... is the mechanism of disappearance, the presence or absence of apoptotic nuclei was evaluated within sacs that result from failed obliteration of PV. Materials and Methods: Twenty sacs associated with female inguinal hernia (n = 5), male inguinal hernia (n = 6), hydrocele (n = 5), hydrocele of the cord (n = 2...

...Christopher S. Cooper; Andrew J. Kirsch; Howard M. Snyder, III We present the two youngest patients diagnosed and treated for abdominoscrotal hydrocels. Given the progressive nature of this disease and the possible complications, early intervention is warranted. 1999 Copyright / Drug Dosage...