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Laparoscopic Hydrocele Repair

Laparoscopic Hydrocele Repair
This is a Technique Video That shows a laparoscopic hydrocele repair by Dr. Todd Ponsky

Narrator: Dr. Cecilia Gigena

Instruments:
5mm trocar
3mm Scissor
3mm Hook Cautery
3mm a traumatic Cautery

Procedure:
Enter the abdomen with the 5mm trocar
Push the hydrocele sac into the abdomen
Puncture and Drain the Fluid
Make a stab incision in the ipsilateral lower quadrant
Resect the sac
IMPORTANT: Be very careful with the cord structures, cord vessels and Vas deferens.
If you can’t perform this step in a safe way Avoid it or do it partially
Close the opening of the internal inguinal orifice with the double loop technique

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