Venous leg symptoms in patients with varicocele: A multicenter assessment study (VEIN-TURKEY study)
| Autor: | Izzet Tandogan, Ertan Yetkin, Süleyman Kiliç, Kaan Akbaba, Tufan Cicek, Selcuk Ozturk, Mehmet Ileri, Ahmet Gurlek, Ozbay Aydemir, Levent Peskircioglu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | İstinye Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Cerrahi Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Kilic, Suleyman Sirri |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Turkey Varicocele 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 030230 surgery Leg Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Chronic Venous Disease Epidemiology medicine Humans In patient Prospective Studies Vein Prospective cohort study Leg business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Chronic disease Symptoms Chronic Disease Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Venous disease business Dilatation Pathologic |
| Zdroj: | Phlebology. 34(2) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1125 |
| Popis: | Kilic, Suleyman Sirri (isu author) Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate chronic venous disease symptoms by using the Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study-Quality of Life/Symptoms (VEINES-QoL/Sym) questionnaire in varicocele patients. Material and methods The study was designed as a prospective, case controlled study and conducted in four hospitals from Turkey. A total of 600 patients who admitted to urology outpatient clinic were enrolled to the study. After the exclusion of 44 patients who do not match the inclusion criteria, the remaining 556 patients were examined for the presence and grade of varicocele and subsequently examined clinically for the presence of chronic venous disease findings. Finally, patients were asked to answer the VEINES-Sym questionnaire consisting of 10 items. All patients' demographic parameters, cardiovascular risk factors, other co-morbid diseases and drug usage were noted. Results Patients were classified into two groups: varicocele (+) group (n=269) and varicocele (-) group (n=287). VEINES-Sym scores of varicocele patients were lower compared to patients without varicocele (41.415.21, 43.19 +/- 3.22, respectively, p |
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