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Treatment of Idiopathic Varicoceles by Transfemoral Testicular Vein Occlusion
1981
Percutaneous transfemoral occlusion of the testicular vein is a new alternative in the treatment of idiopathic varicocele. Embolization with the Gianturco coil was done on 27 patients. The occlusion was performed immediately after diagnostic phlebography. The results of followup for 1 year are available for 18 patients. In 1 patient the coil had to be removed because of persistent pain, although cause and effect could not be proved. Two patients had a recurrence. The urographic findings were normal 1 year after embolization. No dislocation of the foreign body was observed. Two patients reported that their wives were pregnant.
Das »Nußknacker-Syndrom« der Vena renalis (Arteria-mesenterica-superior-Syndrom) als Ursache gastrointestinaler Beschwerden
2008
History and clinical findings Since the age of 19 a now 22-year-old man had complained of intermittent abdominal pain, irregular stools and paroxysmal tachycardia. The only preceding illness had been a single episode of iron-deficiency anemia. A laparoscopy, done 8 months after the onset of symptoms, had revealed an inflamed Meckel's diverticulum which was surgically removed. After transient improvement the symptoms recurred 5 months postoperatively. On admission to clarify the cause of the symptoms he had discrete abdominal pain on pressure, but physical examination was otherwise unremarkable. Investigations Routine biochemical tests and endoscopy were normal. Abdominal computed tomography…