The effect of varicoceles on testicular blood flow in man.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of varicoceles on testicular blood flow in man.


METHODS
Testicular blood flow was measured in 248 consecutive men attending an infertility clinic and 34 fertile volunteers using color duplex ultrasonography.


RESULTS
The testicular blood flow of men with either clinical and/or subclinical varicoceles was not significantly different from controls without varicoceles.


CONCLUSIONS
Varicoceles do not significantly alter testicular blood flow in man.
Ross
J A
JA
Department of Urology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Watson
N E
NE
Jarow
J P
JP
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001810:Blood Volume; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*