Hydrocele surgery in children

Hydrocele in children is a disease that many little boys suffer from. For some children, the condition will gradually improve as they grow and develop. However, if hydrocele still exists at around two years old, surgical treatment may be required. Hydrocele in children usually will not have sequelae as long as it is treated surgically at the appropriate age. So what aspects should be paid attention to in hydrocele surgery in children?

Hydrocele can cause patients to feel swollen, and there is a pulling feeling, a falling feeling, and a distending pain during exercise. Therefore, surgical treatment is the treatment of hydrocele. So, are there any sequelae of hydrocele surgery?

Regarding the sequelae of hydrocele surgery, experts believe that the surgical treatment of hydrocele must be performed by plastic surgeons who are experienced, skilled and proficient in anatomy, and must be carried out in regular hospitals with excellent medical conditions to ensure that the surgery is sterile, non-invasive and painless, and to minimize the occurrence of sequelae of hydrocele surgery.

The sequelae of hydrocele surgery are that the surface of the scrotal skin is full of wrinkles, which makes preoperative disinfection and postoperative care very difficult. In addition, the cleaning environment here is poor, and wound contamination is very likely to occur. The infection rates of both surgeries are above 5-10%.

Sequelae of hydrocele surgery: During complete hydrocele resection, due to the extremely rich blood vessels in this area, it is not easy to ligate them one by one during the operation, and about 15% of patients will develop hematoma after the operation.

Sequelae of hydrocele surgery: During hydrocele reversal surgery, if the infection occurs in the inner layer of the hydrocele, it is difficult to treat after the operation; multiple incisions and drainage of pus often occur, resulting in serious infection, and the wound is difficult to heal for several months. Sheath inversion

There are two complications of the rotation operation: one is that the blood vessels in the spermatic cord are compressed by the incision of the turned tunica vaginalis, causing obvious testicular atrophy, accounting for about 6%; the other is that the testicular volume is wrapped around the spermatic cord after surgery because the thick tunica vaginalis is not removed, which artificially causes excessive enlargement of the spermatic cord and even blood flow obstruction, resulting in long-term swelling or pain in the scrotum.