Infant communicating hydroceles--do they need immediate repair or might some clinically resolve?

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Published in J Pediatr Surg on March 01, 2010

Authors

Michelle E Koski1, John H Makari, Mark C Adams, John C Thomas, Peter E Clark, John C Pope, John W Brock

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Division of Pediatric Urology, Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-0001, USA. michelle.koski@vanderbilt.edu

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