[Current aspects of varicocele. Analysis of cases treated in the Department of Surgery in Brazzaville].

The authors analyze retrospectively the files of patients who have been operated on for varicocele between 5th may 1992 and 5th may (12 months) in Talangaï hospital at Brazzaville. The overall operation rate for that pathology was 1.1%. Prevalence according to age group is as follows: -1 adolescent; -2 young adults; -1 old person. The localization of varicocele was left in all cases. The disease was associated with male infertility in one observation. In all patients, there was a case of primary varicocele. Patients got the surgical cure through the left inguinal route and the post-therapeutic improvement of clinical manifestations was obtained between D30 and D90. The authors make comments on those results and they clarify points on certain current aspects of the disease.