[The treatment of male infertility by selective catheterisation of the spermatic vein. Technique, indications, complications, results (author's transl)].

Sclerosis of the spermatic vein for male infertility and varicoceles was carried out in 84 patients by a percutaneous method. If the catheter is correctly placed in the spermatic vein, sclerosis is possible in almost all cases, as was shown by controlled examinations after periods of more than three months. Together with the radiologic changes, there was also an improvement in the spermatologic parameters. 58% of the patients examined after three months were regarded as fertile.