ABBREVIATIONS ASS antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy Endo general anesthesia Loc local anesthesia LV laparoscopic varicocelectomy ns not significant RS retrograde sclerotherapy SD standard deviation SEVA spermatico-epigastric venous anastamosis Δ difference between value INTRODUCTION Varicocele is an enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord, which may cause infertility of men and pain in the testicle. This disease is cured in various interventional and surgical ways of treatment. Open surgeries according to Palomo and Ivanisevic are considered to be a classical way of treatment of varicocele. However, during two recent decades open surgeries are performed less in relation to wound infections that make 5.8% (Zuckerman et al. 1994) and a rather big number (16%) of recurrence of a disease (Rothman et al. 1981, Cayan et al. 2000, Kass et al. 2001). More simple and minimally invasive ways of treatment of varicocele are being searched. Retrograde sclerotherapy of the veins of the spermatic cord (RS) or embolization is an easier procedure and patients spend less time in hospital. However, these interventions are not available to perform in 15-30% of all cases (Porst et al. 1984, Okuyama et al. 1988, Winkelbauer et al. 1994, Abdulmaaboud et al. 1998), and the frequency of recurrence makes 10-15% (Lenk et al. 1994, Punekar et al. 1996). After the introduction of microsurgical equipment, the veins of the spermatic cord are ligated using... [to full text]