Table 3.

Comparison of studies of surgical treatment of painful varicocele

	Patients, n	Pain duration, months	Conservative period, weeks	Operation	Success rate
Biggers et al. (1981) [6]	50	13.8	-	HL	48%
Peterson et al. (1998) [7]	35	17.8	-	SI/HL/LL	86%
Yaman et al. (2000) [8]	82	-	3–5	SL	88%
Yeniyol et al. (2003) [11]	87	16	4-8	HL	92%
Karademir et al. (2005) [13]	121	17.3	–	SI/IL	83.4%
Altunoluk et al. (2010) [14]	237	11.2	4	SL	91.9%
Present study	130	17.8	2–8	HL/SL	89.1%

HL= High ligation; IL= inguinal ligation; LL= laparoscopic ligation; SL= subinguinal ligation.