11. When the undescended testis is in the inguinal canal , hormonal therapy is sometimes attempted and very occasionally successful. 12. The trans-inguinal approach involves dissecting through the inguinal canal and carries the risk of weakening the inguinal canal . 13. A retractile testis high in the scrotum can be difficult to distinguish from a position in the lower inguinal canal . 14. A hydrocele cannot be reduced into the inguinal canal and gives no impulse on coughing unless a hernia is also present. 15. An operation in which the hernia sac is removed without any repair of the inguinal canal is described as a herniotomy. 16. It was a landmark operation because the posterior wall of the inguinal canal could be rebuilt and reinforced with only surgical sutures. 17. It ends below at the abdominal inguinal ring in a tube of peritoneum, the saccus vaginalis, which protrudes itself down the inguinal canal . 18. The swelling from epididymitis may stretch along the inguinal canal and may appear similar to that of a hernia, particularly an inguinal hernia. 19. As a young male animal reaches puberty, the testicles, which originally were inside the abdominal cavity, move down the inguinal canal to the scrotum. 20. The condition can come to attention because of a bulge in the inguinal canal of an XY infant due to herniation of the uterus.
