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[Varicocele ligation with mobile phone microscope: Report of 5 cases and literature review]
Yan-Zhong Liu1, Chao Li2, Yu Gao1
1Department of Urology, Third Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China.
Objective:
To investigate the feasibility of varicocele ligation with mobile phone microscope.
Methods:
The high-performance mobile phone and mobile phone stand were combined to act as a mobile phone microscope. And the varicocele ligation was performed under the mobile phone microscope.
Results:
All five patients successfully underwent varicocelectomy under the guidance of a mobile phone microscope. The average operation time was （112.8 ± 52.2）with ranged from 74.0 to 195.0 minutes. Three patients completed the follow-up after the operation with the proportion of improved sperm quality reaching 100.0% (3/3).
Conclusion:
High- performance mobile phone microscope can be used for varicocele ligation.
