医学
精索静脉曲张
生育率
栓塞
梅德林
系统回顾
检查表
外科
物理疗法
怀孕
不育
人口
遗传学
环境卫生
生物
心理学
政治学
法学
认知心理学
作者
Daniel Kasunic,Mitchell J Crebert,Patrick‐Julien Treacy,Daniel Steffens,Sascha Karunaratne,Richard Waugh,Ruban Thanigasalam,Scott Leslie
标识
DOI:10.1111/1754-9485.13801
摘要
Abstract Radiological embolisation has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to surgery for varicocele treatment. While systematic reviews have compared embolisation to surgery, attempts to compare different embolisation materials have been limited. The objective was to conduct a systematic review assessing the potential benefits of combining coils with sclerosants for varicocele embolisation on fertility, pain, recurrence and complication rates in male patients, as compared to using coils alone. The search was conducted through MEDLINE, Embase and CENTRAL databases from inception to May 2023. Comparative studies that reported male varicocele patients treated with embolisation using either coils or coils with sclerosants were included, with primary outcomes of either fertility, pain or recurrence. Pearling of reference lists was also performed to identify additional articles. Risk of bias for each study was assessed using the Downs and Black Checklist. Overall, 21 studies (2236 patients) were included. Patients were treated with coils in 14 studies, and nine studies used coils with sclerosants. An improvement in sperm concentration and motility was identified post‐embolisation in most studies that reported these outcomes. Pregnancy and recurrence rates were comparable between the two materials. All four studies that reported pain outcomes following embolisation noted improvement in pain scores. Only one comparative study was included, for recurrence. This review has identified improvements in pain and fertility following varicocele embolisation. However, it could not be determined which material was superior due to the lack of high‐quality comparative studies in the literature.
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