[Embolotherapy of varicocele by stainless steel coil].
Fifty-two patients with varicocele underwent embolotherapy using stainless steel coils. Forty-six of the patients complained of infertility, four of scrotal mass and two of scrotal pain. The procedure was successful in 42 of the 52 patients (81%). Positive semen analyses increased 53% (16/30), and the number of subsequent pregnancies was five of 33 (15%). We conclude that embolotherapy with the coils is a useful therapeutic procedure for varicoceles.
Mogami
H
H
Department of Radiology, Ehime University, School of Medicine.
Kamei
O
O
Yamada
M
M
Higashino
H
H
Yokoyama
M
M
Iwata
H
H
Kataoka
M
M
Tanada
S
S
Hamamoto
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013193:Stainless Steel; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
D013193:Stainless Steel