The biomechanical aspect of testis hydrocele.
The liquid content of the hydrocele or watery hernia presses blood vessels of the testis. This pressure occurs in the accordance with hydrostatic and hydraulic laws. However, none of 223. 568 studies on the pressure in mammalian organisms registered worldwide has reported on the pressure values in case of testis hydrocele. Results obtained by observation of 20 patient with testis hydrocele suggested that the hydrostatic pressure of testis hydrocele always surpassed the pressure of blood vessels within the scrotum, proving that the pressure of a fluid as a mechanical factor plays an important role in the malfunction of spermatogenesis as well as in hypoxemic hypoxia of the testis.
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University Department of Urology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013737:Testis / Q000503:physiopathology*