Varicocele

Abstract

IN RECENT years the treatment of symptomatic varicocele has become a subject of renewed endeavor. The interest was stimulated by the degree of disability this condition caused among members of the armed forces during World War II. Low scrotal-vein ligation, the operation in vogue prior to 1942, had fallen into disrepute because of persistence of symptoms and the frequency of surgical complications. For these reasons a new operative technic, which had been popularized in Latin America, was tried by Army surgeons.^{1 , 2} Reported series of cases^{1 2 3 4} in which this operation was performed and evaluated showed the procedure to be surprisingly effective. . . .