Recently the scrotal diseases have been tended toward increment and take a important share in urologic disease entities. The reasons of them are thought for early reconstruction of the scrotal disease, increase of the diseases that need catheter indwelling and inclination of the scrotal injury by accident. Also up-to-date mass vasectomy have been performed for family planning, the scrotal complications have been increased.
So authors report a clinical observation was made on 171 cases with scrotal disease who had been admitted to Department of Urology. E.W.U.H., Seoul, Korea, during the period from Apr. 1, 1976 through Mar. 1, 1981.
The results were as follows;
1. Among 1025 cases of in-patients for past 5 years, 171 cases belong to scrotal disease giving a rate of 16.7%.
2. The most common population was 1-10 years of age giving a rate of 31.5%.
3. The most common disease was hydrocele giving a rate of 29.2%. The cryptorchism was 21%, epididymitis 15.8%, vasectomy complication 9.9%, scrotal injury 5%, sterility
4.7% and others 14.3%.
4. Of 171 cases, operation was performed in 152 cases (88.9%).
5. Most common operation was hydrocelectomy (27%), orchiopexy (19.1%), epididymectomy (9.9%) and incision and drainage (7.3%) in order.
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