title: [Varicocele in childhood. Treatment indications and value of sclerotherapy].
abstract: Varicocele is the most common surgically correctable cause of male subfertility. The incidence of varicocele is about the same in adolescents as in men (16.3%). Percutaneous transfemoral sclerotherapy has been performed in 42 of the authors' own cases; it is an alternative to surgical ligation of the varicocele and should be recommended whenever a varicocele is found, to prevent gonadotoxic damage.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität des Saarlandes.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steffens
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Braedel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D002648:Child; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; C009644:varicocid
vernacular_title: Die Varikozele im Kindesalter. Behandlungsindikation und Stellenwert der Sklerotherapie.