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Spermatocele: Follow-up
Updated: Jun 26, 2009
Outcome and Prognosis
The expected outcome and prognosis of spermatocelectomy are excellent. A recent study revealed that of patients who underwent excision of an uncomfortable spermatocele, 94% were rendered pain-free. Spermatocelectomy remains the best surgical treatment for symptomatic spermatoceles.
Conversely, although sclerotherapy may carry a decreased incidence of wound complications and potentially lower associated costs, its efficacy is generally considered inferior.
Future and Controversies
To date, no prospective randomized trial has compared the outcomes of spermatocelectomy with those of sclerotherapy. Similarly, sclerosing agents have not been subjected to this degree of evaluation in order to demonstrate whether one agent or dosing regimen is superior to others.
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Keywords
spermatocele, epididymal cyst, scrotal mass, hydroceles, varicoceles, epididymis, testis, testicle, epididymitis, spermatocelectomy, sclerotherapy, scrotum, benign cystic accumulation of sperm, epididymal ductal obstruction, cystic segmental dilatation of epididymis, chemical epididymitis
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