Endovascular transcatheter embolization of recurrent postsurgical varicocele: Anatomic reasons for surgical failure

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 63-69

  Jargiello, Tomasz ^a   Drelich Zbroja, Anna ^a   Falkowski, Aleksander ^a   Sojka, Michal ^a   Pyra, Krzysztof ^a   Szczerbo Trojanowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Postsurgical recurrence; Trancatheter embolization; Varicocele; Venography

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EMBOLIZATION; ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENTS; POSTSURGICAL RECURRENCE; SURGICAL TREATMENT; TRANSCATHETER EMBOLIZATION; VARICOCELE; VENOGRAPHY;

SURGERY;

POLIDOCANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EMBOLIZATION COIL; GONADAL VEIN; GONADAL VEIN SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTSURGICAL VARICOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR GUIDE WIRE; VASOSPASM; VEIN; YOUNG ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPERMATIC CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; SPERMATIC CORD; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOCELE; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925372832     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113519624     Document Type: Article

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