Treatment Approach In Adolescent Varicocele Patients

Hopps CV, Goldstein M. Varicocele: unified theory of pathophysiology and treatment. AUA Update Series 2004;23:90–5.

Prato AP, MacKinlay GA. Is the laparoscopic Palomo procedure for pediatric varicocele safe and effective? Surg Endosc 2006;20:660–4.

Çayan S, Woodhouse CR. The treatment of adolescents presenting with a varicocele. BJU Int 2007;100:744–7.

Shiraishi K, Oka S, Matsuyama H. Surgical comparison of subinguinal and high inguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy for adolescent varicocele. Int J Urol 2016;23:338–42.

Rotker K, Sigman M. Recurrent varicocele. Asian J Androl 2016;18:229–33. [

Cayan S, Shavakhabov S, Kadioğlu A. Treatment of palpable varicocele in infertile men: a meta-analysis to define the best technique. J Androl 2009;30:33–40.

Parrilli A, Roberti A, Escolino M, et al., Surgical approaches for varicocele in pediatric patient. Transl Pediatr 2016;5:227–32.

Uzel İ. Cerrahiyet’ül Haniyye, 1st ed. Ankara; Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları: 1992.

Yu W, Rao T, Ruan Y, et al., Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy in Adolescents: Artery Ligation and Artery Preservation. Urology 2016;89:150–4.

Borruto FA, Impellizzeri P, Antonuccio P, et al. Laparoscopic vs open varicocelectomy in children and adolescents: review of the recent literature and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg 2010;45:2464–9.

Esposito C, Valla JS, Najmaldin A, et al., Incidence and management of hydrocele following varicocele surgery in children. J Urol 2004;171:1271–3.

Schiff J, Kelly C, Goldstein M, et al., Managing varicoceles in children: results with microsurgical varicocelectomy. BJU Int 2005;95:399–402.

Çayan S, Akbay E. Fate of recurrent or persistent varicocele in the era of assisted reproduction technology: microsurgical subinguinal redo varicocelectomy versus observation. Urology 2018;117:64–9.

VanderBrink BA, Palmer LS, Gitlin J, et al., Lymphatic sparing laparoscopic varicocelectomy versus microscopic varicocelectomy: is there a difference? Urology 2007;70:1207–10.

Schiff J, Kelly C, Goldstein M, et al., Managing varicoceles in children: results of microsurgical varicocelectomy. BJU Int 2005;95:399–402.

Moursy EE, ElDahshoury MZ, Hussein MM, et al., Dilemma of adolescent varicocele: long-term outcome in patients managed surgically and in patients managed expectantly. J Pediatr Urol 2013;9:1018–22.

Dubin L, Amelar RD, Varicocele size and results of varicocelectomy in selected subfertile men with varicocele, Fertil Steril. 1970 Aug;21(8):606-9.

Van Batavia JP, Badalato G, Fast A, et al. Adolescent varicocele-is the 20/38 harbinger a durable predictor of testicular asymmetry? J Urol. 2013;189:1897-1901.

Locke JA, Noparast M, Afshar K. Treatment of varicocele in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Pediatr Urol. 2017;13:437-445.

Chiba K, Ramasamy R, Lamb DJ, et al. The varicocele: diagnostic dilemmas, therapeutic challenges and future perspectives. Asian J Androl. 2016;18:276-281.

Zundel S, Szavay P, Stanasel I. Management of adolescent varicocele. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2021;30:151084.

Cho CL, Esteves SC, Agarwal A, et al. Indications and outcomes of varicocele repair. Panminerva Med. 2019;61:152-163.

Shindel AW, Yan Y, Naughton CK. Does the number and size of veins ligated at left-sided microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy affect semen analysis outcomes? Urology. 2007;69:1176-1180.

Roque M, Esteves SC. A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and best practice statements for the diagnosis and management of varicocele in children and adolescents. Asian J Androl. 2016;18:262-268.

Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Society for Male Reproduction and Urology. Report on varicocele and infertility: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2014;102:1556-1560.

Baazeem A, Belzile E, Ciampi A, et al. Varicocele and male factor infertility treatment: a new meta-analysis and review of the role of varicocele repair. Eur Urol. 2011;60:796-808.

Silay MS, Hoen L, Quadackaers J, et al., Treatment of Varicocele in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis from the European Association of Urology/European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines Panel. Eur Urol 2019;75:448–61.

Schlegel P, Sigman M, Collura B, De Jonge CJ, Eisenberg ML, Lamp DJ, et al., Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men: AUA/ASRM Guideline (2020), American Association of Urology (AUA), American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.® and American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Van Batavia JP, Badalato G, Fast A, et al. Adolescent varicocele-is the 20/38 harbinger a durable predictor of testicular asymmetry? J Urol. 2013;189:1897-1901.

Diamond DA, Zurakowski D, Bauer SB, et al. Relationship of varicocele grade and testicular hypotrophy to semen parameters in adolescents. J Urol. 2007;178:1584-1588.

Zampieri N, Bianchi F, Vestri E, et al. Varicocele in paediatric age: Is the scientific community on the correct pathway? Andrologia. 2021;53:e13844.

Pastuszak AW, Kumar V, Shah A, et al. Diagnostic and management approaches to pediatric and adolescent varicocele: a survey of pediatric urologists. Urology. 2014;84:450-455.

Al-Kandari AM, Shabaan H, Ibrahim HM, et al. Comparison of outcomes of different varicocelectomy techniques: open inguinal, laparoscopic, and subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy: a randomized clinical trial. Urology. 2007;69:417-420.

Kolon TF. Evaluation and Management of the Adolescent Varicocele. J Urol. 2015;194:1194-1201.

Shiraishi K, Oka S, Matsuyama H. Surgical comparison of subinguinal and high inguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy for adolescent varicocele. Int J Urol. 2016;23:338-342.

Ulusoy O, Karakus OZ, Ateş O, et al. Successful outcomes in adolescent varicocele treatment with high-level laparoscopic varicocelectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2020;55:1610-1612.

Feber KM, Kass EJ. Varicocelectomy in adolescent boys: long-term experience with the Palomo procedure. J Urol. 2008;180(4 Suppl):1659-1690.

Altunoluk B, Soylemez H, Efe E, et al. Duration of preoperative scrotal pain may predict the success of microsurgical varicocelectomy. Int Braz J Urol. 2010;36:55-59.

Owen RC, McCormick BJ, Figler BD, et al. A review of varicocele repair for pain. Transl Androl Urol. 2017;6(Suppl 1):20-29.

Han DY, Yang QY, Chen X, et al. Who will benefit from surgical repair for painful varicocele: a meta-analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2016;48:1071-1078.

Niu ZS, Hao CS, Ye H, et al. Transumbilical single-site single-port versus single-site double-port laparoscopic varicocelectomy for varicocele in adolescents. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2014;20:342-346.

Bogaert G, Orye C, De Win G. Pubertal screening and treatment for varicocele do not improve chance of paternity as adult. J Urol 2013;189:2298-303.

Li, F.,Chiba K, Yamaguchi K, et al. Effect of varicocelectomy on testicular volume in children and adolescents: a metaanalysis. Urology, 2012. 79: 1340.

Nork JJ, Berger JH, Crain DS, Christman MS. Youth varicocele and varicocele treatment: a meta-analysis of semen outcomes. Fertil Steril. 2014 Aug;102(2):381-387.

Bedir F, Keskin E, Karabakan M, et al. Evaluation of testicular catch-up growth in adolescent microsurgical varicocelectomy. Turk J Urol. 2017 Jun;43(2):135-140.

Al-Ali BM, Marszalek M, Shamloul R, et al. Clinical parameters and semen analysis in 716 Austrian patients with varicocele. Urology 2010;75:1069-73.

Cimador M, Castagnetti M, Gattuccio I, et al. The hemodynamic approach to evaluating adolescent varicocele. Nat Rev Urol 2012;9:247-57.

Bogaert G, Orye C, De Win G. Pubertal screening and treatment for varicocele do not improve chance of paternity as adult. J Urol 2013;189:2298-303.

Jargiello T, Drelich Zbroja A, Falkowski A, et al., Endovascular transcatheter embolization of recurrent postsurgical varicocele: anatomic reasons for surgical failure. Acta Radiol 2015; 56: 63–9.

Gorur S, Candan Y, Helli A, et al., Low body mass index might be a predisposing factor for varicocele recurrence: a prospective study. Andrologia 2015; 47: 448–54

Ding H, Tian J, Du W, et al., Open non microsurgical, laparoscopic or open microsurgical varicocelectomy for male infertility: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials. BJU Int 2012; 110: 1536–42.

Chung SD, Wu CC, Lin VC, et al., Minilaparoscopic varicocelectomy with preservation of testicular artery and lymphatic vessels by using intracorporeal knot tying technique: five year experience. World J Surg 2011; 35: 1785–90.

Kim SO, Jung H, Park K. Outcomes of microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy for painful varicoceles. J Androl 2012; 33: 872–5.

Berookhim BM, Schlegel PN. Azoospermia due to spermatogenic failure. Urol Clin North Am 2014; 41: 97–113

Park YW, Lee JH. Preoperative predictors of varicocelectomy success in the treatment of testicular pain. World J Mens Health 2013;31:58-63.

Hopps CV, Goldstein M. Varicocele: unified theory of pathophysiology and treatment. AUA Update Series 2004;23:90–5.

Prato AP, MacKinlay GA. Is the laparoscopic Palomo procedure for pediatric varicocele safe and effective? Surg Endosc 2006;20:660–4.

Çayan S, Woodhouse CR. The treatment of adolescents presenting with a varicocele. BJU Int 2007;100:744–7.

Shiraishi K, Oka S, Matsuyama H. Surgical comparison of subinguinal and high inguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy for adolescent varicocele. Int J Urol 2016;23:338–42.

Rotker K, Sigman M. Recurrent varicocele. Asian J Androl 2016;18:229–33. [

Cayan S, Shavakhabov S, Kadioğlu A. Treatment of palpable varicocele in infertile men: a meta-analysis to define the best technique. J Androl 2009;30:33–40.

Parrilli A, Roberti A, Escolino M, et al., Surgical approaches for varicocele in pediatric patient. Transl Pediatr 2016;5:227–32.

Uzel İ. Cerrahiyet’ül Haniyye, 1st ed. Ankara; Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları: 1992.

Yu W, Rao T, Ruan Y, et al., Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy in Adolescents: Artery Ligation and Artery Preservation. Urology 2016;89:150–4.

Borruto FA, Impellizzeri P, Antonuccio P, et al. Laparoscopic vs open varicocelectomy in children and adolescents: review of the recent literature and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg 2010;45:2464–9.

Esposito C, Valla JS, Najmaldin A, et al., Incidence and management of hydrocele following varicocele surgery in children. J Urol 2004;171:1271–3.

Schiff J, Kelly C, Goldstein M, et al., Managing varicoceles in children: results with microsurgical varicocelectomy. BJU Int 2005;95:399–402.

Çayan S, Akbay E. Fate of recurrent or persistent varicocele in the era of assisted reproduction technology: microsurgical subinguinal redo varicocelectomy versus observation. Urology 2018;117:64–9.

VanderBrink BA, Palmer LS, Gitlin J, et al., Lymphatic sparing laparoscopic varicocelectomy versus microscopic varicocelectomy: is there a difference? Urology 2007;70:1207–10.

Schiff J, Kelly C, Goldstein M, et al., Managing varicoceles in children: results of microsurgical varicocelectomy. BJU Int 2005;95:399–402.

Moursy EE, ElDahshoury MZ, Hussein MM, et al., Dilemma of adolescent varicocele: long-term outcome in patients managed surgically and in patients managed expectantly. J Pediatr Urol 2013;9:1018–22.

Dubin L, Amelar RD, Varicocele size and results of varicocelectomy in selected subfertile men with varicocele, Fertil Steril. 1970 Aug;21(8):606-9.

Van Batavia JP, Badalato G, Fast A, et al. Adolescent varicocele-is the 20/38 harbinger a durable predictor of testicular asymmetry? J Urol. 2013;189:1897-1901.

Locke JA, Noparast M, Afshar K. Treatment of varicocele in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Pediatr Urol. 2017;13:437-445.

Chiba K, Ramasamy R, Lamb DJ, et al. The varicocele: diagnostic dilemmas, therapeutic challenges and future perspectives. Asian J Androl. 2016;18:276-281.

Zundel S, Szavay P, Stanasel I. Management of adolescent varicocele. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2021;30:151084.

Cho CL, Esteves SC, Agarwal A, et al. Indications and outcomes of varicocele repair. Panminerva Med. 2019;61:152-163.

Shindel AW, Yan Y, Naughton CK. Does the number and size of veins ligated at left-sided microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy affect semen analysis outcomes? Urology. 2007;69:1176-1180.

Roque M, Esteves SC. A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and best practice statements for the diagnosis and management of varicocele in children and adolescents. Asian J Androl. 2016;18:262-268.

Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine; Society for Male Reproduction and Urology. Report on varicocele and infertility: a committee opinion. Fertil Steril. 2014;102:1556-1560.

Baazeem A, Belzile E, Ciampi A, et al. Varicocele and male factor infertility treatment: a new meta-analysis and review of the role of varicocele repair. Eur Urol. 2011;60:796-808.

Silay MS, Hoen L, Quadackaers J, et al., Treatment of Varicocele in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis from the European Association of Urology/European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines Panel. Eur Urol 2019;75:448–61.

Schlegel P, Sigman M, Collura B, De Jonge CJ, Eisenberg ML, Lamp DJ, et al., Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men: AUA/ASRM Guideline (2020), American Association of Urology (AUA), American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.® and American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Van Batavia JP, Badalato G, Fast A, et al. Adolescent varicocele-is the 20/38 harbinger a durable predictor of testicular asymmetry? J Urol. 2013;189:1897-1901.

Diamond DA, Zurakowski D, Bauer SB, et al. Relationship of varicocele grade and testicular hypotrophy to semen parameters in adolescents. J Urol. 2007;178:1584-1588.

Zampieri N, Bianchi F, Vestri E, et al. Varicocele in paediatric age: Is the scientific community on the correct pathway? Andrologia. 2021;53:e13844.

Pastuszak AW, Kumar V, Shah A, et al. Diagnostic and management approaches to pediatric and adolescent varicocele: a survey of pediatric urologists. Urology. 2014;84:450-455.

Al-Kandari AM, Shabaan H, Ibrahim HM, et al. Comparison of outcomes of different varicocelectomy techniques: open inguinal, laparoscopic, and subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy: a randomized clinical trial. Urology. 2007;69:417-420.

Kolon TF. Evaluation and Management of the Adolescent Varicocele. J Urol. 2015;194:1194-1201.

Shiraishi K, Oka S, Matsuyama H. Surgical comparison of subinguinal and high inguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy for adolescent varicocele. Int J Urol. 2016;23:338-342.

Ulusoy O, Karakus OZ, Ateş O, et al. Successful outcomes in adolescent varicocele treatment with high-level laparoscopic varicocelectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2020;55:1610-1612.

Feber KM, Kass EJ. Varicocelectomy in adolescent boys: long-term experience with the Palomo procedure. J Urol. 2008;180(4 Suppl):1659-1690.

Altunoluk B, Soylemez H, Efe E, et al. Duration of preoperative scrotal pain may predict the success of microsurgical varicocelectomy. Int Braz J Urol. 2010;36:55-59.

Owen RC, McCormick BJ, Figler BD, et al. A review of varicocele repair for pain. Transl Androl Urol. 2017;6(Suppl 1):20-29.

Han DY, Yang QY, Chen X, et al. Who will benefit from surgical repair for painful varicocele: a meta-analysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2016;48:1071-1078.

Niu ZS, Hao CS, Ye H, et al. Transumbilical single-site single-port versus single-site double-port laparoscopic varicocelectomy for varicocele in adolescents. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2014;20:342-346.

Bogaert G, Orye C, De Win G. Pubertal screening and treatment for varicocele do not improve chance of paternity as adult. J Urol 2013;189:2298-303.

Li, F.,Chiba K, Yamaguchi K, et al. Effect of varicocelectomy on testicular volume in children and adolescents: a metaanalysis. Urology, 2012. 79: 1340.

Nork JJ, Berger JH, Crain DS, Christman MS. Youth varicocele and varicocele treatment: a meta-analysis of semen outcomes. Fertil Steril. 2014 Aug;102(2):381-387.

Bedir F, Keskin E, Karabakan M, et al. Evaluation of testicular catch-up growth in adolescent microsurgical varicocelectomy. Turk J Urol. 2017 Jun;43(2):135-140.

Al-Ali BM, Marszalek M, Shamloul R, et al. Clinical parameters and semen analysis in 716 Austrian patients with varicocele. Urology 2010;75:1069-73.

Cimador M, Castagnetti M, Gattuccio I, et al. The hemodynamic approach to evaluating adolescent varicocele. Nat Rev Urol 2012;9:247-57.

Bogaert G, Orye C, De Win G. Pubertal screening and treatment for varicocele do not improve chance of paternity as adult. J Urol 2013;189:2298-303.

Jargiello T, Drelich Zbroja A, Falkowski A, et al., Endovascular transcatheter embolization of recurrent postsurgical varicocele: anatomic reasons for surgical failure. Acta Radiol 2015; 56: 63–9.

Gorur S, Candan Y, Helli A, et al., Low body mass index might be a predisposing factor for varicocele recurrence: a prospective study. Andrologia 2015; 47: 448–54

Ding H, Tian J, Du W, et al., Open non microsurgical, laparoscopic or open microsurgical varicocelectomy for male infertility: a meta analysis of randomized controlled trials. BJU Int 2012; 110: 1536–42.

Chung SD, Wu CC, Lin VC, et al., Minilaparoscopic varicocelectomy with preservation of testicular artery and lymphatic vessels by using intracorporeal knot tying technique: five year experience. World J Surg 2011; 35: 1785–90.

Kim SO, Jung H, Park K. Outcomes of microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy for painful varicoceles. J Androl 2012; 33: 872–5.

Berookhim BM, Schlegel PN. Azoospermia due to spermatogenic failure. Urol Clin North Am 2014; 41: 97–113

Park YW, Lee JH. Preoperative predictors of varicocelectomy success in the treatment of testicular pain. World J Mens Health 2013;31:58-63.