Assessment of Bilateral Testicular Volumes by Ultrasonography in Adult Patients with Varicocele

Abstract

Objective: In this study, it is aimed to investigate changes in bilateral testicular volume in adultpatients with varicocele.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 51 consecutively recruited patients withvaricocele and 25 healthy control volunteers. In all participants, testicular volumes werecalculated. The following groups were formed: group 1, testicles ipsilateral to varicocele; group2, testicles contralateral to varicocele; and group 3, healthy volunteer controls. The data werenot normally distributed, and therefore, non-parametric tests were performed.Results: There were no statistically significant difference in terms of age, height and weightbetween varicocele patients and healthy volunteers controls. Mean testicular volumes of group1 and group 2 were found to be lower than that of group 3 (both P < 0.001). There was nostatistical difference in terms of testicular volumes between group 1 and group 2 (P = 0,247).Conclusion: Testicular volume measurements using ultrasonography can be used in thedetermination of damaging effects on testes of varicocele

Keywords

• Testis, Varicocele, Volume, US

VARİKOSELLİ ERİŞKİN HASTALARDA BİLATERAL TESTİKÜLER VOLÜMLERİN ULTRASONOGRAFİ İLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, varikoseli olan erişkin hastalarda bilateral testiküler volümdeğişikliklerinin araştırılması amaçlandı.Yöntem: Bu retropsektif çalışmaya, 51 hasta ve kontrol grubu olarak 25 sağlıklı gönüllü dâhiledildi. Tüm katılımcılarda testiküler volümler hesaplandı. Üç grup oluşturuldu; grup 1: varikoselolan testisler, grup 2: varikosel olmayan karşı testisler ve grup 3: sağlıklı gönüllü kontroller.Veriler normal dağılımlı değildi ve bu yüzden non-parametrik testler yapıldı.Bulgular: Varikoseli olan hastalar ve kontrol grubunu oluşturan sağlıklı gönüllüler arasındayaş, boy ve kilo açısından istatistiksel farklılık saptanmadı. Grup 1 ve grup 2’nin ortalamatestiküler volümleri, grup 3 göre daha düşük olarak bulundu (her ikisi P < 0.001). Testikulervolümler açısından grup 1 ve grup 2 arasında istatistiksel farklılık yoktu (P = 0,247).Sonuç: USG kullanarak yapılan testiküler volüm ölçümleri, varikoselin testisler üzerinde olanhasar verici etkilerinin tespitinde kullanılabilir

Keywords

• Testis,Varikosel,Volüm,USG

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