Cosmetic outcomes of improved microscopic subinguinal varicocelectomy in patients with varicoceles

作     者：Dongyang Yu Zijian Gao Caleb Yang Zhiqiang Cao Yiping Xiu 

作者机构：Department of UrologyGeneral Hospital of Northern Theater Command Training Base for GraduateChina Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoning 110016China Department of UrologyGeneral Hospital of Northern Theater CommandShenyangLiaoning 110016China Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCA 48072USA Department of UrologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoning 110004China Department of Burn and Plastic SurgeryGeneral Hospital of Northern Theater CommandShenyangLiaoning 110016China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第136卷第2期

页      面：239-241页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by the grant from 2018 National Key Research&Development Plan(No.SQ2018YFC 10002704) 

主　　题：patients varicocele surgery 

摘      要：To the Editor:Varicoceles(VCs)refer to the dilation of the veins of the pampiniform *** primary treatment method for VCs with definite surgical indications is the surgical *** the development of minimally invasive technology,the application of microscopic subinguinal varicocelectomy(MSV)has gradually increased in recent years and has become the standard treatment method for VCs.[1]In the long-term clinical practice of our department,some young people have required surgery for VCs due to physical examination in special industries(e.g.,military physical examination).They have wanted the incision to be esthetic,seamless,and *** the expectation of cosmesis,we have made some improvements in the selection of the surgical *** the Scar Cosmesis Assessment and Rating(SCAR)scale,[2]we comprehensively evaluated the cosmetic effects of patients undergoing improved MSV(IMSV)and MSV in this study.