Varicocele - Updated knowledge on diagnosis and treatment
- Author:
Nguyen Van An
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
varicocele
- MeSH:
Varicocele;
Spermatic Cord;
Microsurgery;
diagnosis;
therapeutics;
knowledge
- From:Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical
2003;7(4):195-200
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Varicocele is a dilatation of plexus venosus in the spermatic cord. It rarely occurs before the age of puberty, but 15% of male teenager experienced varicocele (the rate is relatively high). This rate is higher when surveying data of male infertility (35% of primary infertility patients, and 75-81% of secondary infertility patients had experienced varicocele). Varicocele may affect both sides, but 90% of cases occurred in 1 side and among them 90% were in the left side. Microsurgery is a treatment with high rate of success
