Laparoscopic Repair of Pediatric Hydroceles

Abstract

An open processus vaginalis presenting as hydrocele was transected by means of laparoscopy in four boys aged between 2 and 5 years. In one boy, the internal ring was narrowed with one interrupted suture. In another, an asymptomatic indirect hernia was detected during laparoscopy, and herniorrhaphy was performed by suturing the internal oblique muscle to the inguinal ligament.