Table 1.
Patients characteristics
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Patients, n | 130 |
| Age, years | 25.7 (range 19–39) |
| Laterality | |
| Left side | 118 (90.8%) |
| Bilateral | 12 (9.2%) |
| Grade | |
| III | 79 (60.8) |
| II | 48 (36.9%) |
| I | 3 (2.3%) |
| Preoperative duration of pain, months | 17.8 (range 1–37) |
| Pain quality | |
| Dull | 86 (66%) |
| Throbbing ache | 44 (34%) |
| Subinguinal approach | 93 (71.5%) |
| High approach | 37 (28.5%) |
| Complications: | |
| Intraoperative | 0 |
| Postoperaive | 8 (6%) |
| Good response | 109 (83.8%) |
| Partial resolution | 7 (5.4%) |
| Failure | 14 (10.8%) |
| Testicular size, ml | |
| Preoperative | 16 ± 3.7 |
| Postoperative | 17.3 ± 4.7 |
| Follow-up period, months | 10.9 (range 5–36) |