[Diagnostic screening of varicocele: role of echography and Doppler examination in our experience with 216 cases of primary varicocele].
We compared two non-invasive methods to evaluate primary varicoceles: ultrasonography and Doppler examination. We submitted to ultrasonography and Doppler 216 patients, 147 of them were treated by sclerotherapy and 69 by surgery. All ultrasonographic studies were performed by means of a real-time equipment (7.5 Mhz transducer), while Doppler examination was performed with continuous wave equipment. Ultrasonographic findings are reliable for testicular morphology. Doppler examination is useful to evaluate reversed flow. In 4.1% of cases ultrasonography did not agree with the Doppler examination.
Reggiani
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A
Divisione Urologia, Arcispedale S. Anna-Ferrara.
Daniele
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C
Ughi
G
G
Simone
M
M
Carluccio
G
G
Galeotti
R
R
Martini
G
G
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000175:diagnosis*
Screening diagnostico del varicocele: ruolo dell'ecografia e dell'esame Doppler nella nostra esperienza di 216 casi di varicocele primitivo.