title: The interventional therapy of varicoceles amongst children, adolescents and young men.
abstract: The retrograde sclerotherapy of the internal spermatic vein is a simple and safe method for the treatment of a varicocele. Approximately 5500 patients had so far undergone the interventional therapy in our departments. The methods of retrograde sclerotherapy will be described and alternative methods of treatment will be given in detail. The minor trauma, the low gonad dose and fast implementation coupled with a high success rate show that this method is very safe and efficient. We have, therefore, chosen it as the primary therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Vestische Children and Youth Hospital, University of Witten-Herdecke, Dr. -Friedrich-Steiner Str. 5, 45711 Datteln, Germany. r.wunsh@kinderklinik-datteln.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wunsch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Efinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D012449:Safety; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014646:Varicocele / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols