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publication name TWO-TROCAR LAPAROSCOPIC VARICOCELECTOMY: COST-REDUCTION SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
Authors ADEL AL-HUNAYAN, HAMDY ABDULHALIM, ELIJAH O. KEHINDE, EHAB EL-BARKY, KHALEEL AL-AWADI, AND AWNI AL-ATEEQI
year 2006
keywords LAPAROSCOPIC VARICOCELECTOMY; TWO-TROCAR
journal ADULT UROLOGY
volume 67
issue 3
pages 461-465
publisher Elsevier
Local/International International
Paper Link http://citeweb.info/20060622584, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16527558 http://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295(05)01404-4/abstract
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Abstract

Objectives. To describe the technique of two-trocar laparoscopic varicocelectomy and compare it with the standard three-trocar laparoscopic technique in terms of effectiveness, morbidity, and cosmesis. Methods. Two matched groups of patients with left varicocele were recruited. Each group included 30 patients. One group underwent three-trocar and the other two-trocar laparoscopic varicocelectomy. The results of the two approaches were compared. Results. No significant differences were found in terms of mean hospital stay or morbidity between the two-trocar and three-trocar techniques. A significant difference was found in the operative time and proportion of patients needing postoperative parenteral narcotic analgesia in favor of the two-trocar technique. In both approaches, the previously infertile patients had a significant improvement in sperm count and motility (P 0.05). Cosmetically, the trocar wound scars were aesthetically superior using the two-trocar technique. Conclusions. No significant difference was found between two-trocar and three-trocar laparoscopic varicocelectomy in terms of effectiveness and morbidity. The cost of an extra 5-mm disposable trocar in the three-trocar technique and the improved cosmesis after the two-trocar technique have made us prefer the latter technique.

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