Sportsman’s Hernia
Sportsman’s hernias are recognised as a cause of persistent groin pain without a clinically detectable hernia. The pain of this injury is located deep in the groin area and the discomfort may become severe making it impossible to stride out properly during running or turning quickly. The treatment is by surgical repair to the posterior inguinal wall canal, and the results have been extremely satisfactory. |
Inguinal (groin) Hernia
Inguinal hernia repair is the standard type of hernia repair which is often performed using non-absorbable mesh to strengthen the muscle wall. |
Adductor tendon release
If no hernia is present and you only have an Adductor tendon injury, the surgery is much less traumatic than hernia surgery and can be done as Day-stay only. The recovery period is also shorter, and you should be right to go back to work or return to playing sport 2 to 3 weeks after surgery. |
Varicocoele
A varicocoele is formed in the scrotum by dilated veins that drain the testicle (rather like varicose veins that drain the leg). These dilated veins in the scrotum feel like a “bag of worms” and occur more often on the left side. The operation that is performed involves an incision in the groin rather like a groin hernia incision, and then cutting out a segment of the engorged veins. |
Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a simple, safe way of preventing sperm being able to get to the outside through the penis. A small incision is made in the skin in the upper part of the scrotum and the vas deferens is located, cut and tied. A short piece is removed for examination in the laboratory to be certain the correct tissue has been removed. The same is done on the opposite side. A semen sample is required to be analysed 30 days after this operation to check for sterility. |
Hydrocoele
Hydrocoele is caused by too much fluid forming around the testicle and ballooning out the scrotum. This can be treated by aspiration of the fluid with a needle under local anaesthetic, but will almost certainly recur. A more radical cure can be performed by removing the fluid-bearing tissue through an incision in the scrotal skin. This usually requires general anaesthetic. |
