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Can laparoscopic surgery be done on a hydrocele i want answer yes or no please say answer doctor ?

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Dr. Lane Childs answered

Specializes in Urology

No: Laparoscopy is not necessary for pure hydrocele surgery. Hydrocele repairs are done through a single small scrotal incision and cause very little trauma. They are done on an outpatient basis. Laparoscopy is not suited for repair of a pure hydrocele. A combined hernia and hydrocele in a pediatric setting may be appropriate for laparoscopy, but that is an entirely different clinical scenario.

Answered 12/29/2013

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Dr. George Klauber answered

Specializes in Pediatric Urology

No: Laparoscopic surgery is performed for intra-abdominal conditions. Hydroceles are only skin deep in scrotum ; laparscopic instruments are > 1 foot long. Thus senseless to use laparoscopes for hydrocele surgery. Yes could be done, but would question sanity of any surgeon attemtping to complicate such a straightforward ; simple operation.

Answered 1/6/2014

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