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Combination of High Ligation and Intraoperative Embolization Using Polidocanol for Treatment of Varicoceles
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[Sclerotherapy in surgical correction of varicocele]
Klinichna Khirurhiia
|November 25, 2010
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The method of intraoperative sclerotherapy, using 40% glucose solution, for varicocele surgical treatment was proposed. Diathermocoagulation of all visible accompanying veins was conducted for reduction of the varicocele recurrence rate. The recurrence is reduced to 6.6%.
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