TREATMENT MODALITIES FOR SCROTAL SWELLINGS AND ITS OUTCOME AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Scrotal swellings are one of the most prevalent clinical entities seen in surgical surgery. The purpose of this research was to determine the various treatment modalities and outcome with their complication of different types of scrotal swellings.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study was carried out on a total of 50 subjects presented with scrotal swellings at a tertiary care hospital. The study was done for a period of one year. The treatment options were either conservative or surgical management and the post operative complications were recorded.
RESULTS: The maximum number of study cases, that was, 40% were from the group of 31-50 years age. Out of the 50 cases in this study, definitive operation was done for 46 cases and 04 cases were put on medical line of management. Jaboulay procedure was the most common surgery done for hydrocele followed by Lords plication and partial excision. Edema/ haematoma was seen in 20% of cases and were treated conservatively. Wound infection was observed in 14% of cases and responded to regular change of dressings with antibiotics.
CONCLUSION: The majority of patients presented with scrotal edema were treated with surgery under spinal anesthesia. Various forms of hydrocele constituted a major portion of the study and Jaboulay’s procedure was the commonest operation done.