An inguinal incision is marked and made. Image B shows the ilioinguinal nerve which is identified and preserved. The spermatic cord has then been identified.

The spermatic cord comprises:
3 fascias (external spermatic; internal spermatic; cremasteric);
3 arteries (testicular; deferential; cremasteric);
3 nerves (cremasteric (genital branch of genitofemoral nerve); sympathetic nerve fibres; ilioinguinal nerve (strictly on it not in it));
3 others (vas deferens; pampiniform plexus; lymphatics)

Microdenervation of the spermatic cord (for post-vasectomy pain syndrome)