Varicocele in adolescents: a 6-year longitudinal and followup observational study

The Journal of Urology
Nicola Zampieri, Raimondo Maximilian Cervellione

Abstract

Through a school screening program for varicocele we studied the prognostic value of hemodynamic vs clinical grading for predicting the risk of progression, time to worsening and the final outcome in adolescents with varicocele. A school screening program was set up for boys between ages 10 and 16 years to assess pubertal development, varicocele, testicular vein reflux and testicular volume. Those who eventually had ipsilateral testicular hypotrophy underwent surgery. All patients underwent semen analysis after age 18 years. Varicocele grade was correlated with pubertal development, testicular vein reflux and semen quality in all groups, whether treated or untreated. A total of 2,107 boys were screened, of whom 609 had a varicocele. By the end of the study 92 patients (15.1%) had undergone surgery. Hypotrophy correlated with spontaneous testicular vein reflux (high grade) in all cases. Semen analysis showed abnormal results in 36% treated and 20% untreated patients. Children with varicocele should be regularly monitored to identify varicocele grade, testicular volume and vein reflux grade, and management should be determined accordingly. Spontaneous venous reflux toward the testis independent of varicocele grade closely correla...Continue Reading

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