Relationship between varicocele grade, vein reflux and testicular growth arrest.

Pediatric Surgery International
Nicola ZampieriFrancesco Saverio Camoglio

Abstract

The development of testicular hypotrophy (or testicular growth arrest) in pediatric patients with varicocele is the first indication for surgery. The aim of this study is to identify the correlation between grade of varicocele, grade of vein reflux and testicular growth arrest. Between 2000 and 2001, we recruited 226 patients affected by varicocele without testicular hypotrophy and with grades 2-3 spermatic vein reflux observed during Doppler velocimetry. Medical examinations carried out every 6 months allowed the assessment of varicocele grade, testicular volume, and grade of vein reflux. Other parameters considered in the study were: mean time of grade deterioration, mean time to onset of testicular growth arrest and the relationship between varicocele grade and testicular growth arrest. Deterioration of the condition was experienced in 92 patients (40%) in which 60 patients showed higher varicocele grades without testicular growth arrest, while 32 patients developed testicular growth arrest. There was a statistically significant relationship between testicular growth arrest and varicocele grades (grade 2 and 3) and between grade of reflux and testicular growth arrest. Although it is not possible to determine which patients w...Continue Reading

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Sep 18, 2008·Pediatric Surgery International·Nicola ZampieriFrancesco Saverio Camoglio
Feb 18, 2010·Pediatric Surgery International·Nicola ZampieriFrancesco Saverio Camoglio
Jun 24, 2010·The Urologic Clinics of North America·Samuel P RobinsonHarry P Koo
Jan 5, 2011·Urology·Nicola Zampieri, Alberto Dall'Agnola
Nov 17, 2010·International Journal of Urology : Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association·Minki BaekUNKNOWN Korean Society of Pediatric Urology
Apr 24, 2018·The Aging Male : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male·Huseyin BesirogluEmin Ozbek
Oct 31, 2020·Andrologia·Nicola ZampieriFrancesco Saverio Camoglio
Dec 23, 2020·Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Società italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica·Georgios TsampoukasAthanasios Papatsoris
Dec 8, 2020·Journal of Pediatric Urology·Nicola Zampieri
Aug 12, 2021·Andrologia·Nicola ZampieriFrancesco Saverio Camoglio

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