[A method for external and internal fenestration in the surgical treatment of idiopathic hydrocele]

A method is described for operative treatment of idiopathic hydrocele, which consists of tunnelling at 01 o'clock by the clock-dial to the right (11 o'clock to the left) with Payr's probe and from cupula to bottom of the space between the hydrocele sac and fascia spermatica interna and trans section of the thus created tunnel pass in the sac. Through the approach created in this way and at 180 degrees from the first incision (at 07 and respectively at 05 o'clock) from within outward a second incision of the sac is performed. The serous surface of the edges of the fenestrated openings is everted with three catgut sutures as a lapel. The method was applied on 7 patients 10 to 86 years of age. In the early postoperative period within an observation period from 3 to 19 months the characteristic and rather common complications in patients operated for hydrocele did not occur (hematocele, chylomas, which are mostly of ex vacuo type because of impaired blood supply and lymph system of the scrotum, abscesses, indurations of the scrotal and testicular tissues, relapses of the hydrocele, etc).