Editing Varicocele (section)

====== Conventional inguinal ======
* '''Disadvantages:'''
** '''High incidence of hydrocele formation'''
** '''Artery not preserved'''
* If an inguinal approach is selected, the external oblique aponeurosis is cleaned and opened the length of the incision to the external inguinal ring in the direction of its fibers. A 3-0 absorbable suture placed at the apex of the external oblique incision facilitates later closure. The spermatic cord is grasped with a Babcock clamp and delivered through the wound. '''The ilioinguinal and genital branches of the genitofemoral nerve are carefully excluded from the cord,''' which is then surrounded with a large Penrose drain