The management of adolescent varicocele has evolved over the last 30 years. This article briefly reviews some of the current issues regarding the adolescent varicocele, including (a) the progressive nature of the adolescent varicocele, (b) the degree of asymmetry that necessitates surgery, (c) the wide variability in percentage of repairs performed bilaterally in published adolescent series, an...

PURPOSE It has been reported that varicocele is found less frequently in obese men. Accordingly, we evaluated varicocele patients and statistically analyzed the correlation between varicocele and somatometric parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 211 patients underwent surgery for varicoceles. All patients underwent history taking, physical examination, and scrotal ultrasound to determ...

Celsus, in the first century, found that varicocele makes testicular atrophy. Abol-ghasem Khalaf Zahravi (Albucasis) mentioned this subject and added that my teacher (Celsus) suggested orchidectomy for testis atrophy due to varicocele through scrotal incision parallel to the penis (1). Toullouch published a paper in 1952 about an infertile man with bilateral varicocele. He operated on him, and ...

Varicocele is one of the major causes of infertility in men. Although there are different theories related to the pathophysiology of the varicocele, the exact pathophysiologic mechanism remains unknown. Sperm DNA damage may be the cause of undiagnosed infertility problems. The standard semen examination may not be sufficient to determine the etiology of infertility. For this reason, extra tests...

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:229:"Although varicocele can be treated, it is considered as one of the most common causes of infertility. This study was performed in order to estimate prevalence of varicocele in adolescents aging 12-14 years in the city of Isfahan.";s:19:"MaterialsAndMethods";s:342:"During this descriptive analytic research, 800 secondary school students who were 12 to 14 years old w...

The link between varicocele and infertility was first reported by Celsius in the first century AD, but it was not widely acknowledged until Tulloch and colleagues reported the improvement of sperm parameters in 26 of 30 patients undergoing varicocelectomy. The World Health Organization also reported that varicocele was present in 25% of patients with abnormal sperm parameters and 12% of patient...

OBJECTIVES To determine the possible molecular mechanism for the thickened wall in the internal spermatic vein (ISV) of patients with varicocele, we examined the cadmium (Cd) content and metallothionein (MT) expression in these diseased vessels. Previous studies have shown that Cd might play a role in the etiology of varicocele-associated infertility. MT, a metal-binding protein, protects again...

Abstract Study question Does microsurgical varicocelectomy impact normal semen parameters in fertile patients undergoing the procedure for indications other than infertility? Summary answer Micro surgical does not alter fertility potential of men with semen. What is known already Varicocele repair results improvement and sub clinical varicocele. However, also offered to infertility including te...