. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 322.—Boy of Eleven; Testicle in the Canal BeforeOperation; Now Well Down in Scrotum. y > >^ organs became shriveledup in a mass of connec-tive tissue. I believethat it is very importantto save the tunica va-ginalis in these one case a hydroceledeveloped in the newtunica vaginalis. This,however, was cured bywithdrawing the fluidand injecting five min-ims of carbolic acid, anda fourth case operatedupon disclosed a testicleno larger than a pea; this case amounted practically to an exploratoryoperation and is simply included to call atte
. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 322.—Boy of Eleven; Testicle in the Canal BeforeOperation; Now Well Down in Scrotum. y > >^ organs became shriveledup in a mass of connec-tive tissue. I believethat it is very importantto save the tunica va-ginalis in these one case a hydroceledeveloped in the newtunica vaginalis. This,however, was cured bywithdrawing the fluidand injecting five min-ims of carbolic acid, anda fourth case operatedupon disclosed a testicleno larger than a pea; this case amounted practically to an exploratoryoperation and is simply included to call attention to this possibility. It. Fig. —Man of Thirty; Testicle had Never Been Outof the Abdominal Cavity; Now Well Down in Scro- TDM. 598 SURGERY OF THE SCROTUM, TESTICLE, AND CORD. is the only one in the series, however. In all the other cases organs of fair sizeor of normal size were found. (The treatment and technic of operation ofdisplaced testicle, whether in the perineum or on the thigh, are practicallythe same as those for undescended testis, and, as a rule, the reduction canbe readily accomplished. Among other malformations of the testicle should be mentioned anor-chism (absence of one or both testicles, with usually other evidence of fail-ure of development); rudimentary development and supernumerary testi-cles (three or more). Almost all of these supposed cases of supernumerarytesticle, however, on careful examination, have proved to be instancesof diagnostic error. The third body is nearly always a neoplasm or cyst. INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE SCROTUM. Injuries.—Contusions of the scrotum are freq
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