Early and late complications of inguinal varicocelectomy.

Abstract

I reviewed the early and late complications of inguinal and subinguinal varicocelectomy that I have personally encountered in an experience of more than 40 years as a urologist dealing with male infertility and offer suggestions to my colleagues for avoiding some of these pitfalls in the future. These complications occurred as a consequence of surgery that I performed while using 4x to 6x power optical loupe magnification or they were complications of surgery performed elsewhere that I saw later in consultation. My commentary and suggestions for dealing with and decreasing the incidence of or avoiding such complications should be helpful to urologists performing inguinal or subinguinal varicocelectomy. Forewarned is forearmed.