Table 1.

Chart with patients treated in our institution due to a cyst of the canal of Nuck.

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6
Age (years)	29	29	44	35	41	34
Symptoms/Reason of Presentation	Inguinal pain	Asymptomatic inguinal swelling	Inguinal pain and swelling	Inguinal pain and swelling	Inguinal pain and swelling	Inguinal pain and swelling
Diagnostic Study	Ultrasound	Ultrasound	Ultrasound	Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Ultrasound	MRI
Elective/Emergent	Elective	Elective	Elective	Elective	Emergent	Elective
Procedure	Hydrocelectomy and TAPP hernioplasty	Hydrocelectomy and TAPP hernioplasty	Hydrocelectomy and TAPP hernioplasty	Hydrocelectomy and Lichtenstein hernia repair	Hydrocelectomy and TAPP hernioplasty	Open hydrocelectomy and fascial suture
Operating Time (min)	52 min	62 min	62 min	49 min	65 min	27 min
Type of Nuck hydrocele	type 2	type 2	type 2	type 1	type 3	type 2
Postoperative-Hospital Stay (days)	2	2	2	2	2	1
Complication	inguinal seroma	none	inguinal hemato-seroma	none	none	none
Recurrence	no	no	no	no	no	no
Follow up Period (months)	1, 3 and 6	1, 4 and 6	6	6	3 and 6	1 and 6