[Endovascular electrosurgery of varicocele].

A new method of treatment of varicocele is described consisting in the endovascular electrocoagulation of the internal testicular vein in order to interrupt reno-testicular reflux resulting from insufficiency of the internal testicular vein valves. The endovascular electrocoagulation of the internal testicular vein was fulfilled via either a retrograde or an antegrade access. The endovascular electrocoagulation of the internal testicular vein was made in 49 patients with a left-side varicocele. In 38 of them coagulation was performed via a retrograde access, in 11 patients an antegrade access was used. The method is less traumatic and possesses both a diagnostic and curative value.