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. 2012 Dec 17;15(1):67–74. doi: 10.1038/aja.2012.131

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Surgical technique of subinguinal robotic assisted microsurgical varicocelectomy. (a) Localization of testicular vessels with Aloka real-time Doppler Ultrasound Probe (Aloka-Hitachi Ltd, Tokyo, Japan). A cockpit tri-view in the surgeon console (1) main view from the daVinci Si 3D HD camera (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), (2) view from the VITOM optical magnification camera lens system (Karl Storz Inc., Tuttlingen, Germany) and (3) view from the 100× optical microscopic andrology laboratory microscope (Nikon Inc., Tokyo, Japan). (b) Dilated vein is cut after being ligated with 3-0 silk ties (black and white suture ties used for convenience to identify proximal and distal ends of vein).