title: [Laparoscopic spermatic vein ligation].
abstract: Between December 1991 and November 1995 a total of 231 patients underwent laparoscopic varix ligation in our department. The laparoscopic varicocelectomy offers a lower rate of morbidity, allows for microscopic dissection with preservation of the spermatic artery and is amenable to bilateral ligation without a second incision. The spermatic arteries were identified by using a laparoscopic vascular Doppler probe. Any laparoscopic procedure carries some risk of injury to intra-abdominal organs when placing the primary trocar. Therefore, a new extraperitoneal approach has been developed to avoid these risks.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Urologie, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pointner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janetschek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reissigl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peschel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartsch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020706:Laparoscopes; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Laparoskopische Spermatikaligatur.