[Clinical significance of diagnosis of varicocele with infrared ray imaging].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the temperature change of scrotum caused by varicocele(VC) and its significance.


METHODS
One hundred and sixty-six VC patients were examined by infrared ray imaging and colored ultrasonic scanning, and the results were analyzed. Comparisons of the infrared ray images and the routine semen analysis of 106 of the patients were made between before and after the operation.


RESULTS
The difference in the infrared ray images between before and after the operation on the VC patients was significant (P < 0.01), and so was the difference in the results of semen analysis(P < 0.01; some of the items P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The infrared ray imaging, together with the semen analysis and colored ultrasonic scanning, had a directive value for the diagnosis and treatment of VC patients.
Meng
Fan-Xiang
FX
Department of Urology, No. 3 People's Hospital of Puyang City, Puyang, Henan 457000, China.
Liu
Hong-Jie
HJ
Yang
Hui-Min
HM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012611:Scrotum / Q000503:physiopathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014646:Varicocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology