title: [Percutaneous treatment of primary varicocele].
abstract: 40 varicoceles were treated by occlusion of the internal spermatic vein using detachable balloons: the main indications were subfertility and abnormal spermatogenesis. The procedure was successful in 39 patients, with one complication; limited preocclusion venograms allowed precise balloon placement relative to collateral veins which could cause recurrence. This is a safe and effective nonsurgical method of obliterating varicoceles in outpatients.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Urologia, Ospedale Niguarda Cà Granda di Milano.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meazza
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brambilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rampoldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prestini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Il trattamento percutaneo del varicocele primitivo.