[Idiopathic varicocele in children].

The authors present their experience with ten children operated on for left-sided idiopathic varicocele over a period of seven years. The treatment was high ligature of the spermatic vein with a favorable outcome in all cases. The histology of the testes, seen in biopsy, demonstrated a variable degree of damage. For this reason the authors recommend that this operation should be done in childhood in order to avoid problems of subfertility or infertility in adult life.