Trends for Surgical Treatment of Testicular Varicocele: A German Whole-population Analysis of Inpatient Procedures from 2006 to 2021
TVC is a collection of swollen veins in the testicle. We analyzed treatment trends in Germany for this condition from 2006 to 2021. There was an increase in the use of keyhole surgery over time, and we estimate that the percentage of day-case surgeries also increased.
Authors
- Philipp Reimold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7745-5762)
- Luka Flegar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-9161)
- Philipp Karschuck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-4553)
- Nicole Eisenmenger
- Cem Aksoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0875-5120)
- Subhajit Mandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5578-3634)
- Christer Groeben (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1769-0402)
- Johannes Huber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7243-8958)
- Aristeidis Zacharis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8075-2776)
Institutions
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Urology Open Science
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2025.03.001
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Testicular diseases and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01