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Recurrence of varicocele after high retroperitoneal repair: implications of intraoperative venography
1Division of Urology and Renal Transplantation, OHSU, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Purpose:
We determined whether intraoperative venography results in a decreased recurrence rate after varicocele repair in adolescence.
Materials And Methods:
We evaluated 177 male adolescents 14 to 19 years old who underwent varicocele repair via the high retroperitoneal approach with artery sparing and intraoperative venography.
Results:
Overall the recurrence rate was 2.8% (5 of 177 cases) in the venography group and 11% in historical controls without venography. We identified left-to-right cross communicating vessels in 3 patients with recurrence. Intraoperatively venography revealed nonligated vessels in 21 patients (12%), resulting in revision and repair during the same procedure.
Conclusions:
Intraoperative venography seems to decrease the rate of recurrence. Left-to-right cross communicating vessels may be present in some adolescents with recurrence after varicocelectomy.
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