Question: After health examination the diagnosis was varicocele. The boy is 14 years old. How urgent is the operation?
Answer: Surgical operation of varicocele is a planned one, but you shouldn't postpone it.
Question: My son is 15 years old, and after examination a surgeon said my boy had varicocele on the left, degree III. He said operation was necessary. How can we avoid it?
Answer: Only surgical operation is indicated here.
Question: Our child is to be operated on account of cicatricial phimosis, besides he has varicocele, degree III. Can both operations be performed simultaneously? The child is 14,5 years old.
Answer: These operations can be done simultaneously.
Question: A week ago our son was diagnosed varicocele, degree III. It doesn't disturb him, he complains of nothing. Is operation necessary?
Answer: Examination of a surgeon is necessary, as far as, as a rule, at such an age varicocele proceeds without complaints. However varicocele, degree III, requires surgical treatment.
Question: My son is 10 years old. A doctor says the boy has varicocele on the left, degree II. Another doctor says there can't be varicocele at such an age. We are recommended to wait up to puberty period. What should we do? Who should we believe?
Answer: Varicocele can appear at even an earlier age. Varicocele, degree II means surgical operation irrespective of age.
Question: Our child's diagnosis is varicocele. He is 11 years old. I'm afraid of an operation under general anesthesia. Can this operation be performed under local anesthesia?
Answer: Operation on account of varicocele is performed only under general anesthesia. You shouldn't be afraid of it.
Question: My nephew is to be operated on account of varicocele. What are the possible complications?
Answer: The possible complications are scrotal hydrocele or recurrence.
Question on other topics:
Phimosis and circumcision
Scrotal hydrocele
Inguinal hernia
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