[Varicocele: treatment via percutaneous approach].
The varicocele is benign pathology which sometimes involves disorders of testicular growth. Those can cause a hypofertility. We saw in a retrospective way the 243 patients having been treated by percutaneous embolisation from May 1985 to August 1993. At 150 patients being 1 year at least of postoperative retreat, 70% of cases present a cure, 15% of patients repeated and were taken again surgically. At 8% of patients, the embolisation was not technically possible for reasons of vascular anomalies or spasm of the vein during the procedure. The morbidity of this technique is low, this involves therefore a right choice of the treatment of the varicocele which does not prevent any surgical treatment in the event of repetition or in the event of technical failure.
Service d'Urologie, Cliniques Universitaires St.-Luc Bruxelles.
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Mostin
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Mathurin
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Goffette
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Hammer
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Opsomer
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Lorge
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Van Cangh
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Wese
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013737:Testis / Q000254:growth & development; D014646:Varicocele / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy
Varicocèle: traitement par voie percutanée.