title: [Embolotherapy of varicocele by stainless steel coil].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ehime University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mogami
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higashino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013193:Stainless Steel