Early and late complications of inguinal varicocelectomy.
OBJECTIVE
I reviewed the early and late complications of inguinal and subinguinal varicocelectomy that I have personally encountered in an experience of more than 40 years as a urologist dealing with male infertility and offer suggestions to my colleagues for avoiding some of these pitfalls in the future.


METHODS
These complications occurred as a consequence of surgery that I performed while using 4x to 6x power optical loupe magnification or they were complications of surgery performed elsewhere that I saw later in consultation.


RESULTS
My commentary and suggestions for dealing with and decreasing the incidence of or avoiding such complications should be helpful to urologists performing inguinal or subinguinal varicocelectomy.


CONCLUSIONS
Forewarned is forearmed.
Amelar
Richard D
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Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000209:etiology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D013519:Urogenital Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014646:Varicocele / Q000601:surgery*