Journal of Clinical Medicine Review Liquid and Solid Embolic Agents in Gonadal Veins Francesco Tiralongo 1,* , Giulio Distefano 1 , Monica Palermo 1 , Antonio Granata 2, Francesco Giurazza 3, Francesco Vacirca 1, Stefano Palmucci 1 , Massimo Venturini 4 and Antonio Basile 1 1 Radiology Unit I, Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “GF Ingrassia” –University Hospital “Policlinico-San Marco”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia n◦ 78, 95123 Catania, Italy;
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[email protected] Abstract: Male varicocele and pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) are common pathologies with high predominance in young patients, having a high impact on the quality of life and infertility. Lately, the use of different endovascular embolization techniques, with various embolizing agents, shows good technical results and clinical outcomes. With the aim of presenting the “state of the art” of endovascular techniques for the treatment of male varicocele and PCS, and to discuss the performance of the different embolic agents proposed, we conducted an extensive analysis of the relevant literature and we reported and discussed the results of original studies and previous meta-analyses, providing an updated guide on this topic to clinicians and interventional radiologists.