title: Antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy for the treatment of varicocele in childhood and adolescence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the efficacy of antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy (ASS) for the treatment of varicocele in teenagers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 38 patients (mean age 14.9 years, range 12-18) with left-sided varicocele. Three patients had a grade 1 varicocele, 22 were grade 2 and 13 were grade 3. ASS was performed under local anaesthesia on an out-patient basis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ASS was accepted by all patients except one. There were no peri-operative problems and only one patient developed post-operative epididymitis. During 9 to 15 months of follow-up (mean 11 months), only two patients developed persistence of a lower grade of varicocele.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study illustrates that ASS is a safe and successful out-patient procedure for the treatment of varicocele in teenagers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Mainz Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mottrie
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baert
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Voges
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hohenfellner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014646:Varicocele / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols