Niyogi A, Singh S, Zaman A, Khan A, Nicoara C, Haddad M, Madden N, Clarke SA, Mathur A, Tsang T, Kulkarni M, Minocha A, DeCaluwé D. Varicocele surgery: 10 years of experience in two pediatric surgical centers.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2012;
22:521-5. [PMID:
22568541 DOI:
10.1089/lap.2011.0531]
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Abstract
AIM
The study was designed to compare recurrence rates and complications after laparoscopic versus open varicocele surgery in children.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
A retrospective case-note review of all varicocele surgery over a 10-year period (April 1999-March 2009) in two pediatric surgical centers was performed. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression was performed using SPSS Statistics version 18 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL).
RESULTS
Thirty-seven patients had varicocele surgery during the study period. The median age at surgery was 14 years (range, 11-16 years). Most children had left-sided Grade 2 varicocele. Twenty-five (68%) primary procedures were laparoscopic (17 artery-sparing), and 12 (32%) procedures were open (9 artery-sparing). Six (16%) children had recurrence, and 6 (16%) had postoperative hydrocele. Recurrence rates after laparoscopic (16%) and open (17%) surgery were similar. Increasing age significantly decreased recurrence (odds ratio, 0.373; 95% confidence interval 0.161-0.862; P = .021). Although laparoscopy was associated with higher rates of postoperative hydrocele (odds ratio, 2.817; 95% confidence interval, 0.035-3.595; P = .380) and artery-sparing ligation was associated with higher rates of recurrence (odds ratio, 2.667; 95% confidence interval, 0.022-4.235; P = .787), these associations were not statistically significant.
CONCLUSIONS
The best results of varicocele surgery in terms of recurrence and postoperative hydrocele were achieved by open mass ligation; however, larger prospective studies are warranted.
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