The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 366-367, June 2006

Varicoceles and Hydroceles: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management

  • Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, RN, APRN

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    • Demetrius J. Porche, DNS, RN, APRN, is a professor, director of the doctor of nursing science program, and associate dean of the School of Nursing at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.

Varicoceles and hydroceles are male genital conditions that both present as an enlarged mass within the scrotum. Varicoceles occur in about 15% of otherwise healthy men.1 Hydroceles are associated with and vary with the incidence of inguinal hernias.2

 

PII: S1555-4155(06)00362-X

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2006.04.008

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 366-367, June 2006

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