title: [Surgical treatment of varicocele in day-surgery: our experience].
abstract: Varicocele has been recognized as a treatable cause of male infertility. Recently, new techniques have been described for varicocele repair, including microsurgery, embolization and laparoscopy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of a group of patients who underwent subinguinal varicocelectomy using local anaesthesia in Day Surgery, after a careful ultrasonographic study to evaluate the degree and the quality of the reflux in the spermatic vein. The study shows that outpatient subinguinal varicocelectomy is a safe and reliable procedure. This approach is performed in local anaesthesia, has minimal morbidity and recurrences and, in our experience, has led an improvement in the quality of seminal fluid.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale--Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanghí
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Stefano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tenaglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strazzanti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benfatto
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012449:Safety; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*