Patient's question:
I am going to have varicocele surgery. Does the doctor need to insert a urinary catheter for varicocele surgery?Doctor's answer:
You are a 42-year-old male patient with varicocele. Varicocele is a reoccurrence of anatomical structural changes in veins, so surgery is required to correct it. Generally, the procedure involves high ligation of the spermatic vein. The key to the anesthesia and surgery is to ligate the dilated veins at the high position of the internal ring in the retroperitoneum. This surgery usually does not require the insertion of a urinary catheter, unless the patient experiences urinary retention again under anesthesia.