Hydrocele: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

hydrocele, communicating hydrocele, noncommunicating hydrocele, pediatric hydrocele, patent processus vaginalis, scrotal hydrocele, postvaricocelectomy hydrocele, post-varicocelectomy hydrocele, filarial hydrocele, filariasis, iatrogenic hydrocele, posttraumatic hydrocele, post-traumatic hydrocele, reactive hydrocele

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Steven L Lee, MD, Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaiser-Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center
Steven L Lee, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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Jeffrey J DuBois, MD, Consulting Staff, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, North Sacramento Medical Center
Jeffrey J DuBois, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, California Medical Association, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and Society of Critical Care Medicine
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Shant Shekherdimian, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Foundation Hospital
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Medical Editor

Edmund S Sabanegh, MD, Director, Center for Male Fertility, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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J Stuart Wolf Jr, MD, FACS, David A Bloom Professor of Urology, Director of Division of Minimally Invasive Urology, Department of Urology, University of Michigan
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Edward David Kim, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine; Consulting Staff, University of Tennessee Medical Center
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