caa a22 4500 606247025 CHVBK 20210128101343.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-013-0866-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-013-0866-8 Evaluation of the Role of Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate as a Sclerosant in the Treatment of Primary Hydrocele [Elektronische Daten] [Osman Musa, Arijit Roy, Nisar Ansari, Jagadamba Sharan] The present study was carried out with an aim to perform a prospective study to establish the role of sodium tetradecyl sulfate (3%) (STDS) as a safe and effective sclerosant in the management of primary hydrocele. Sclerotherapy was performed with 3% STDS on an outdoor basis. The amount of sclerosant injected depended on the amount of fluid drained. All patients were given prophylactic antibiotics. Patients were clinically reassessed at 1week, 1month, 3months, and 6months and earlier if complications occur. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 15.0. The data have been represented as frequencies and percentages. Chi-square test was used to compare the data. A total of 57 patients with primary vaginal hydrocele gave consent for being enrolled in the study. The age of patients ranged from 18 to 65years with a mean age of 35.72 ± 13.18years. The success rate at the end of the study was observed to be 84.2%. As regards patient satisfaction, in present study, in a limited time period of follow up, all the patients who had a successful procedure were satisfied. Overall, sclerotherapy was observed to be a relatively cost-effective (including both direct and indirect costs) procedure with low complications, high satisfaction, and a high success rate within the limited period of follow-up. Association of Surgeons of India, 2013 Sodium tetradecyl sulfate nationallicence Hydrocele nationallicence Sclerotherapy nationallicence Musa Osman Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut Roy Arijit Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut Ansari Nisar Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut Sharan Jagadamba Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 432-437 0972-2068 77<432 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0866-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0866-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Musa Osman Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roy Arijit Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ansari Nisar Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sharan Jagadamba Department of Surgery, Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77(2015-12-01), 432-437 0972-2068 77<432 2015 77 12262