Our experience with treatment of varicocele in a day-surgery protocol

In the last few years the increasing interest for non-invasive operating techniques has allowed to reevaluate the sublinguinal varicocelectomy surgical technique for idiopathic varicocele surgical treatment. During the years 1998-2001, 29 patients have been operated on sub-inguinal varicocelectomy (...

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Published in:Il Giornale di chirurgia 2003-06, Vol.24 (6-7), p.259-262
Main Authors: Santangelo, M, Bossa, F, Serra, R, Perziano, A, Luongo, A, Trivolo, S, Ciranni, S, Torcia, G, Fava, M G, Valente, A, Aversa, C, De Franciscis, S
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Subjects:
Adult
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Humans
Infertility, Male - etiology
Ligation
Male
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Varicocele - complications
Varicocele - surgery
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Summary:In the last few years the increasing interest for non-invasive operating techniques has allowed to reevaluate the sublinguinal varicocelectomy surgical technique for idiopathic varicocele surgical treatment. During the years 1998-2001, 29 patients have been operated on sub-inguinal varicocelectomy (14 patients were suffering from idiopathic varicocele of third grade, 11 of second grade, 3 of first grade, and 1 subclinical). Out of the 29 patients, only 10 were unable to procreate. All patients were operated under local anesthesia and discharged the same day (day-surgery). Owing to Authors' experience, the sublinguinal varicocelectomy by optical magnifying devices represents the "gold standard" in the idiopathic varicocele treatment because it allows to minimize relapsing rates, to limit post-operation complications, to improve the reproductive faculty of seminal fluid both qualitatively and quantitatively, to cut patient's operating costs significantly, to keep the operation time within acceptable limits, and to be easily learned and carried out.
ISSN:0391-9005