TAILIEUCHUNG - Hydrocortisone relieves the immediate post-operative scrotal edema after inguinal varicocelectomy: A prospective clinical trial

This study aimed to assess the effect of a single IM injection of hydrocortisone succinate in relieving the immediate post-varicocelectomy scrotal edema. In all, 117 patients with grades II and III varicocele who developed post-varicocelectomy scrotal edema were randomly classified into group A (n = 59) that received a single IM hydrocortisone sodium succinate injection plus ordinary post-operative treatment and Group B (n = 58), which received the post-operative treatment alone. All patients were followed up to assess; changes in scrotal edema, the day of return to work and emergence of complications. Post-operative scrotal edema was assessed using a scrotal edema rating grades (SERG = 0–3) score. In group A, scrotal edema disappeared 1 day after steroid injection in 33 patients (), and after 2 days in the remaining 26 patients (), and all patients were returned to work within 5–7 days. In group B, the edema remained large in 36 patients (), moderate in 22 patients (), and disappeared after 9–12 days; and those patients returned to work within 11–13 days. It is concluded that a single IM hydrocortisone injection could be effective to reduce the immediate post-operative scrotal edema after inguinal varicocelectomy without obvious side effects. | Hydrocortisone relieves the immediate post-operative scrotal edema after inguinal varicocelectomy: A prospective clinical trial

• Y khoa - Dược
• Hydrocortisone relieves
• Immediate post operative scrotal edema
• Inguinal varicocelectomy
• Prospective clinical trial
• Randomly classified into group A