Diagnosis and treatment of subclinical varicocele in infertile men
QIU Jian-guang GAO Xin CAI Yu-bin KE Liang-song
(Department of Urology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Uinversity of Medical Science, Guangzhou, 510630)
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of subclinical v aricocele in infertile men.Methods: 32 cases of patients were diagnosed as having subclinical varicocele with Doppler sonography and were treated by 2 mm-diameter needle-shape laparoscopic ligation.Results: The mean operation time of unilateral varicocele ligation was 30 minutes, bilateral 45 minutes; The mean hospitalization time was 1.5days; out of 21 patients who were followed up one year after operation, 16 patients′ wives were pregnant.Conclusions: Subclinical varicocele in infe rtile men could be correctly diagnosed with Doppler sonography; 2 mm-diameter needle shape laparoscopic varicocele ligation was an effective treatment procedure for those patients.
Key words Varicocele Infertility Doppler sonography Needle shape laparoscopy
精索静脉曲张是引起男性不育的常见原因,其中一部分患者表现为亚临床型精索静脉曲张。我院从1997年6月~1999年10月利用彩色多普勒检查收治亚临床型精索静脉曲张患者32例,均行针形腹腔镜(2 mm Stryker腹腔镜及器械)左侧或双侧精索静脉高位结扎术,疗效满意,现报告如下。
在连续硬膜外麻醉下行2 mm针形电视腹腔镜左侧或双侧精索静脉高位结扎术。制造1.60~2.00 kPa人工气腹后,不拔除脐窝内气腹针,而在气腹针旁另作一小口,插入2 mm Trocar套管针并放入2 mm针形腹腔镜(Stryker公司产),直视下在脐下2横指水平左右腹直肌外缘交点分别置入2 mm Trocar套管针,放入2 mm腹腔镜手术器械,在距内环口外2 cm处剪开后腹膜,游离盆腔段精索血管,保护或不保护睾丸动脉,用4号丝线双重结扎血管束。