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Forty patients with testicular hydroceles and 16 patients with epididymal cysts were treated by tapping and injection of ethanolamine oleate; 97.5% of the hydroceles and 31% of the epididymal cysts were completely cured, 50% of the latter partly cured and 19% failed. About half of the patients
Seventeen patients with hydroceles or epididymal cysts were treated by tapping and injection with ethanolamine oleate. All 11 patients with hydroceles were cured. Three of six patients with epididymal cysts were cured. There were no cases of haematoma or infection. Sclerotherapy is recommended as
Sclerotherapy with 5% ethanolamine oleate was used to treat 102 hydroceles in 100 patients and 63 spermatoceles in 58 patients. Scrotal ultrasound examination was performed before the sclerotherapy and at each followup visit. Of the hydroceles 98% were cured completely and 68% were cured after only
Although sclerotherapy as a treatment for hydroceles has gained in popularity during the last few years, there is no consensus on whether it can also be adopted for the treatment of spermatoceles. We examine here the efficacy and safety of ethanolamine oleate sclerotherapy in cases of spermatocele
Sclerotherapy has gained increasing popularity during the last few years as a treatment for hydrocele. Little is known of the natural course of intrascrotal changes, however, nor of their timetable after therapy. In the present trial scrotal ultrasonography was performed before the sclerotherapy and