title: Why open surgery for treatment of paediatric varicocele?
abstract: The high surgical ligature of spermatic vessels modified Palomo and the antegrade sclerotherapy according to Tauber represent two therapeutic modalities at last assured. In the experience of the Author the surgical technique is better with regard to the appearance of relapsing varicocele and the mean operative time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Urology, O.C. Dolo, Venezia. giorgio.bolla@libero.it.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061646:Operative Time; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014646:Varicocele / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*