For its high incidence among young men and its affecting male fertility, varicocele requires an accurate screening, as well as an early and definitive treatment. The Authors report their experience in the treatment of varicocele with sclerotherapy: 24 patients underwent sclerotherapy of the left internal spermatic vein with a success rate of 91%. Complications never required hospitalization or surgery. Percutaneous therapy represents thus the treatment of choice in case of varicocele: compared with surgery, it offers similar clinical results and a lower recurrence rate, and it can be performed on an outpatient basis. Surgery should be performed only when anatomic variants make percutaneous treatment not feasible.
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