The usefulness of herniography on the hydrocele in pediatric age / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

The incomplete obliteration of the processus vaginalis leads to the development of inguinal hernia in pediatric age, and its management is principally surgical repair. This study was a review and analysis of the usefulness of herniography on the hydrocele in pediatric age. From January 1985 to June 1989, 117 patients with unilateral hydrocele were studied to evaluate incomplete obliteration of the processus vaginalis. The over-all incidence of open processus vaginalis on the opposite side was 6.9% (8 of 117 cases), but the rate of patients who had past history of a palpable or visualized mass on the opposite side was 5%(3 of 12 cases). This finding would suggest that the herniogram is needed for the patients whose history is suspicious for hydrocele testis.