title: [The laparoscopic treatment of varicocele--a technical note].
abstract: After a short exposure of the main clinical and anatomical aspects of the varicocele, as arguments for a wider surgical indication, the authors present the technique of laparoscopic varicocelectomy. The operation implies general anesthesia and may be performed by transperitoneal or properitoneal approach--similar to laparoscopic hernia repair. The main step is the dissection, clipping or bipolar coagulation and section of the varicose spermatic veins.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie Generală, Spitalul Clinic Sf. Ioan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Copăescu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liţescu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghiga
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial; D014646:Varicocele / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide