Term: hydrocele
Literally
meaning: “a sac
of water”
Origin: Anc Greek
ύδωρ/hydor(=water)
+κήλη/kele(=hernia,
swelling)
Coined/History
Ancient Indian Surgeon
Sushruta (800 BCE) described hydrocele and also how it be punctured and
trapped in his book “Sushruta Samhita”. The term was coined in 5th cen by famous
French surgeon and anatomist Ambroise Pare (c.1510-1590), centuries later in
1964 Peter H Lord described the technique of a bloodless operation for the
radical cure of idiopathic hydrocele.
Definition
Hydrocele is the non-painful, typically non harmful serous-fluid accumulation in any body cavity, specifically of the scrotum (one or both sides).
Hydrocele is the non-painful, typically non harmful serous-fluid accumulation in any body cavity, specifically of the scrotum (one or both sides).
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