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Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives
While varicocele is the most common cause of surgically correctable infertility in adult males, with repair resulting in improved semen parameters in 60% to 80% of men and a higher likelihood of conception in up to 60% of men, the rationale for varicocele repair in the pediatric population is less c...
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Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5924953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29623699 http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.170053 |
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description | While varicocele is the most common cause of surgically correctable infertility in adult males, with repair resulting in improved semen parameters in 60% to 80% of men and a higher likelihood of conception in up to 60% of men, the rationale for varicocele repair in the pediatric population is less clear. Additionally, prepubertal varicoceles are much less common and their management is controversial. Adolescents with a varicocele are often in the midst of a progressive disease process. Despite the high prevalence of varicocele and its association with progressive disease processes, the indications for adolescent varicocele repair and the effects thereof on paternity have been persistently challenging to study. This review will briefly present some of the current issues regarding adolescent varicocele from a pediatric urological point of view, including the evaluation of adolescent varicocele, the optimal surgical indications, the optimal choice of surgical intervention to be performed, and outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-59249532018-05-06 Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives Chung, Jae Min Lee, Sang Don World J Mens Health Review Article While varicocele is the most common cause of surgically correctable infertility in adult males, with repair resulting in improved semen parameters in 60% to 80% of men and a higher likelihood of conception in up to 60% of men, the rationale for varicocele repair in the pediatric population is less clear. Additionally, prepubertal varicoceles are much less common and their management is controversial. Adolescents with a varicocele are often in the midst of a progressive disease process. Despite the high prevalence of varicocele and its association with progressive disease processes, the indications for adolescent varicocele repair and the effects thereof on paternity have been persistently challenging to study. This review will briefly present some of the current issues regarding adolescent varicocele from a pediatric urological point of view, including the evaluation of adolescent varicocele, the optimal surgical indications, the optimal choice of surgical intervention to be performed, and outcomes. Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology 2018-05 2018-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5924953/ /pubmed/29623699 http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.170053 Text en Copyright © 2018 Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Chung, Jae Min Lee, Sang Don Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title | Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title_full | Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title_fullStr | Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title_short | Current Issues in Adolescent Varicocele: Pediatric Urological Perspectives |
title_sort | current issues in adolescent varicocele: pediatric urological perspectives |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5924953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29623699 http://dx.doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.170053 |
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