title: [Single-port laparoscopic ligation with suture silk for varicocele: a report of 20 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical effect of single-port laparoscopic ligation (SPLL) with suture silk for the management of varicocele.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the clinical effects of SPLL with suture silk in the treatment of 20 cases of varicocele, and compared them with those of conventional three-port laparoscopic ligation (TPLL) for another 24 varicocele patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the operations were successful. The operation time was 20-35 (mean 28) minutes and the hospital stay was 2 days for SPLL, as compared with 15-28 (mean 20) minutes and 3 days for TPLL. The cure rate was 75% for the former, and 67% for the latter, with no signification difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SPLL with suture silk for the treatment of varicocele has more advantages over TPLL for minimal invasiveness, faster recovery, and less scarring and extraneous residual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Shanxian Central Hospital, Shanxian, Shandong 274300, China. coralmy@163.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fa-Chen
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Zhan-Cheng
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-Guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014646:Varicocele / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult