title: [Idiopathic varicocele in children].
abstract: The authors present their experience with ten children operated on for left-sided idiopathic varicocele over a period of seven years. The treatment was high ligature of the spermatic vein with a favorable outcome in all cases. The histology of the testes, seen in biopsy, demonstrated a variable degree of damage. For this reason the authors recommend that this operation should be done in childhood in order to avoid problems of subfertility or infertility in adult life.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply; D014646:Varicocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Varicocele idiopático en el niño.