Autor: Fazlioğlu A, T. Çaşkurlu, Güven Sevin, Cek M, Sefa Resim, Gokhan Gurbuz
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: International Urology and Nephrology. 31:371-382
ISSN: 0301-1623
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007182304770
Popis: The relationship between varicocele and infertility has long been defined. About a third of the male patients undergoing evaluation for infertility present with a varicocele. Sixty male patients between 17 and 35 years of age (mean 25.6) were examined with a colour-doppler flow imaging system. The diameters of the veins in the pampiniform plexus were measured by gray-scale sonography. Our findings were classified with regard to venous diameter, the existence or non-existence of reflux, the circumstances under which these findings were recorded (e.g. during normal respiration and standing position or during Valsalva manoeuvre and supine position). Finally our results suggest that: (a) the clinical significance of the presence of dilated veins or reflux during increased intraabdominal pressure and under similar circumstances should be regarded with caution; (b) positive findings during normal inspirium are highly significant (grades III and IV).
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