Patologia genitale nei giovani in servizio di leva: Esperienze del Policlinico Militare di Padova: Genital pathology in youths doing their military service: Experiences from the Military Hospital of Padua

Abstract

The Medical Corps is a privileged observatory of the various pathologies found in youths. This is even more evident in the case of a Military Hospital like that in Padua, which serves the north-east regions of Italy, where there is still a strong military presence. The high number of patients observed at the hospital, suffering from genital pathologies and from varicocele in particular, has led to the comparison of the different types of preoperative staging and treatment, both surgical and anesthesiological, of these pathologies. Apart from presenting the epidemiological data of genital diseases, the following work also highlights the importance of careful pre-operative clinical-instrumental staging of varicocele and the satisfying results that can be obtained in treating the same with high ligature of the gonadic vessels under local anesthesia. There are also precise indications as to the use of alternative surgical techniques (microanastomosis, ligature by laparoscopic approach, etc.).