Acta Med. 2020, 63: 57-62

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2020.17

Hydrocele in Pediatric Population

Ioannis Patouliasa, Efstathios Koutsogiannisb, Ioannis Panopoulosb, Panagiota Michoub, Thomas Feidantsisa, Dimitrios PatouliascID

aFirst Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Pediatrics, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece
cFirst Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital “Hippokration”, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received September 26, 2019
Accepted March 10, 2020

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