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

Year 2014, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 30 - 32, 01.12.2014

Ömer Karakaş Fatma Nurefşan Boyacı Ferit Doğan Nihat Kılıçaslan Hasan Çeçe Ömer Faruk Badem Ekrem Karakaş

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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