Hydrocele after 2 Different Interventions for Varicocele and its Relation to Outcome

  • Abdel-Monem A Mohamed Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University Egypt
  • Emad A Taha Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine Asuite University Egypt
  • Ahmad A Department of pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
  • Alaa Refat Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University asuite branch, Egypt
Keywords: laparoscopic varicocele, hydrocele and loop assisted varicocelectomy

Abstract

Background Hydrocele is one of the common complication after varicocele surgery. Hydrocele following varicocelectomy has a lymphatic origin due to iatrogenic disruption of lymphatics draining the testis during varicocelectomy. Patient and method  This study includes 100 patients with clinical varicocele presenting with infertility and abnormal semen parameters. 50 patients underwent loop assisted varicocelectomy and 50 patients underwent laparoscopic varicocelectomy. Result Lymphatics injury during operation was documented by histological examination in 10 patients (20%) among laparoscopic varicocelectomy group and in 5 patients (10%) among loop assisted varicocelectomy group. Conclusion Loop assisted varicocelectomy has good result than laparoscopic technique about, hydrocele formation, and operative time when microscopic technique not available.

Author Biographies

Abdel-Monem A Mohamed, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University Egypt
Lecturer, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University Egypt
Emad A Taha, Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine Asuite University Egypt
Department of Andrology, Faculty of Medicine Asuite University Egypt
Ahmad A, Department of pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Department of pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Alaa Refat, Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University asuite branch, Egypt
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University asuite branch, Egypt

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2018-06-17
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Vol 2 No 2 (2018)
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