[Sclerotherapy of the internal spermatic vein in varicocele. Significance of normal anatomical variants].
During a period of four years, 386 patients with left sided varicoceles were treated by sclerotherapy of the left internal spermatic vein. This was successful in 93.8%. The most common complication was perforation of the vein in 6.2%. Technical success and complications depended on anatomical variations. Of particular significance was Bähren type IVb (competent main vein, incompetent collaterals) which occurred in 18.9%. This accounted for 66.5% of all perforations and 54.2% of unsuccessful interventions. The recurrence rate was 3.8%.
Lenz
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Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Technische Universität München.
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Strotzer
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Brandstetter
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Bautz
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004822:Epididymis / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology
Sklerotherapie der Vena spermatica interna bei Varikozele. Bedeutung der anatomischen Normvarianten.