Abstract

HERNANDEZ CAMPO, Pedro Ricardo et al. Varicocelectomy with acupunctural analgesic. Services of Urology at "Leon Cuervo Rubio" and "Abel Santamaria" Provincial Teaching Hospitals, Pinar del Rio. 2002-2005. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2008, vol.12, n.1, pp. 0-10. ISSN 1561-3194.

A prospective, simple and at random study with 150 male patients between 15 and 30 years old suffering from varicocele who underwent surgeries was carried out in the service of urology in both Provincial Teaching Hospitals (Leon Cuervo Rubio and Abel Santamaria) during January 2002 and December 2005. Chi-squared was the statistical method applied. The results obtained in this research showed that among the complications during trans-operative period were hypertension, bradycardia and in the post-operative were sepsis in the surgical wound and orchiepididymitis. The quality of the trans-operative and post-operative analgesia was good in the majority of the cases; though surgical time was longer; the hospital costs were minimized, showing the efficacy of the method which justified its use by anesthesiologists and urologists in Varicocelectomy. A good hemodynamic stability, minimal complications and a good preoperative analgesia; as well as reduction in costs and hospital stay of the patients were observed. The advantages of acupuncture as a surgical-analgesic method give reasons to use it regularly.

Keywords : Varicocele; epidemiology; Acupuncture; study; method; Analgesic.

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