Table 1. Surgical treatments of chronic scrotal content pain described in the literature.
| Reference | No. of case | Follow-up (mo) | No. of case of success (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete | Partial | No relief | |||
| Microsurgical denervation: | |||||
| Devine and Schellhammer [31] | 2 | N/A | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Choa and Swami [32] | 4 | 18.5 | 4 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Levine et al [33] | 8 | 16.6 | 7 (88) | 1 (12) | 0 |
| Ahmed et al [34] | 17 | N/A | 13 (76) | 4 (24) | 0 |
| Levine et al [33] | 33 | 20 | 25 (76) | 3 (9) | 5 (15) |
| Heidenreich et al [35] | 35 | 31.5 | 34 (97) | 1 (3) | 0 |
| Strom and Levine [36] | 95 | 20.3 | 67 (71) | 17 (17) | 11 (12) |
| Oliveira et al [37] | 10 | 24 | 7 (70) | 2 (20) | 1 (10) |
| Marconi et al [38] | 50 | 6 | 40 (80) | 6 (12) | 4 (8) |
| Laparoscopic denervation: | |||||
| Cadeddu et al [39] | 9 | 25.1 | N/A | 7 (78) | 2 (22) |
| Vasectomy reversal: | |||||
| Shapiro and Silber [40] | 6 | N/A | 6 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Myers et al [41] | 32 | 29 | N/A | 24 (75) | 8 (25) |
| Nangia et al [42] | 13 | 18 | 9 (69) | 4 (31) | 0 |
| Horovitz et al [43] | 14 | 7 (50) | 6 (43) | 1 (7) | |
| Epididymectomy: | |||||
| Davis et al [1] | 10 | N/A | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | N/A |
| West et al [44] | 16 | 66 | N/A | 14 (88) | N/A |
| Calleary et al [45] | 15 | 15.6 | 3 (20) | 5 (33) | 7 (47) |
| Padmore et al [46] | 21 | 27 | 5 (24) | 9 (43) | 7 (33) |
| Sweeney et al [47] | 10 | N/A | 0 (0) | 7 (70) | 3 (30) |
| Chen and Ball [48] | 7 | N/A | 6 (86) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) |
| Lee et al [49] | 21 | 88.8 | 6 (29) | 6 (28.57) | 12 (57) |
| Resection of the genitofemoral nerve: | |||||
| Ducic and Dellon [50] | 4 | 6 | 4 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| Orchiectomy: | |||||
| Davis et al [1] | |||||
| Inguinal orchiectomy | 15 | N/A | 11 (73) | 4 (27) | 0 |
| Scrotal orchiectomy | 9 | N/A | 5 (55) | 3 (33) | 1 (22) |
| Yamamoto et al (inguinal) [51] | 4 | N/A | 3 (75) | 1 (25) | 0 |
| Costabile et al [52] | 10 | N/A | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | 8 (80) |
N/A: not available.