{"id":17,"date":"2013-11-10T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T10:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2015-10-25T18:12:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T18:12:46","slug":"what-is-varicocele-embolization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS VARICOCELE EMBOLIZATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Varicocele embolization is a &#8220;minimally invasive treatment for varicocele that is performed by an <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Interventional radiologist\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interventional_radiologist\">interventional radiologist<\/a>. This involves passing a small wire through a peripheral vein and into the abdominal veins that drain the testes. Through a small flexible <a title=\"Catheter\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catheter\">catheter<\/a>, the doctor can obstruct the veins so that the increased pressures from the abdomen are no longer transmitted to the testicles. The testicles then drain through smaller collateral veins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Conventional information can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/varicoceles.com\/f-a-q-s\/\">here <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Varicocele\">here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>But these websites don&#8217;t present the real risks involved with such a procedure, saying only that &#8220;minor complications such as bruising at the catheter site, nausea or low-grade backache may occur, but are uncommon.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varicocele embolization is a &#8220;minimally invasive treatment for varicocele that is performed by an interventional radiologist. This involves passing a small wire through a peripheral vein and into the abdominal veins that drain the testes. Through a small flexible catheter, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/?page_id=17\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstvaricoceleembolization.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}