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Use of a vessel-sealing device compared with Jaboulay's technique for adult hydrocelectomy surgery: a retrospective cohort study.
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Abstract
Hydrocele is a common benign scrotal condition affecting adult men. The gold standard of treatment includes hydrocelectomy, with the use of Winkelman's/Jaboulay's technique or Lord's procedure. The vessel-sealing device (VSD) is a blood vessel-sealing system, known to enhance patient's postoperative outcomes in multiple different surgeries. The aim of this study was to compare the procedural and postoperative outcomes of a novel hydrocelectomy method using a VSD to the conventional hydrocelectomy using the Jaboulay's technique. We performed A retrospective review for all adult cases who underwent surgical hydrocelectomy at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center between 2011 and 2022. Study cases were grouped into one of two groups, patients undergoing conventional hydrocelectomy, or patients undergoing hydrocelectomy with the use of a VSD. Patients operated using other techniques were excluded. Data collected included demographic data and operative and postoperative parameters. Among 102 patients, 47 underwent Jaboulay's technique and 55 underwent hydrocelectomy using a VSD. We observed significantly shorter duration of hospitalization (1.18 vs 1.53, P = 0.038) and shorter surgery time (31.87 vs 37.4, P = 0.003) when using the VSD during a hydrocelectomy compared to conventional surgical hydrocelectomy. Both techniques indicated low complication rates and no recurrent hydrocele was observed in either group. We report our experience with a novel surgical technique that includes hydrocelectomy with the use of VSD. Our findings demonstrated shorter surgery time and length of hospitalizations, which may indicate improved patient's postoperative outcomes with the use of the VSD for hydrocelectomy.
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