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What's the chance that a hydrocele will return?

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My surgery was on 5/28, to have a right hydrocele removed. There is still some small dull pain when walking mainly around the incision area. Nothing too bad at all.

I have my first follow-up with doc on the 17th, and am afraid that a hydrocele may return. It's still swollen, maybe slightly smaller.

One thing of note is that there was NO drain bulb/tube thing put in during surgery, so does that increase the likelihood that more fluid could appear and a hydrocele forms again?

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