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Relationship between the left spermatic vein diameter measured by ultrasound and palpated varicocele and Doppler ultrasound findings

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Fifty cases admitted to the urological clinics of Turkish State Railways Hospital, Ankara, were examined by scrotal ultrasonography in order to find the relationship between the left spermatic vein diameter measured by ultrasound and palpated varicocele and Doppler ultrasound findings. In the measured 5–6 mm spermatic vein diameters palpable varicocele and venous regurgitation were found in 100%, in the measured 3–4mm diameters palpable varicocele was found in 50% and venous regurgitation in 64.5%, and in the measured 1–2 mm diameters palpable varicocele was found in 16% and venous regurgitation in 24%.

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  1. Department of Urology, TCDD Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    A. Metin, O. Bulut & M. Temizkan

  2. Department of Radiology, TCDD Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    A. Metin, O. Bulut & M. Temizkan

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Metin, A., Bulut, O. & Temizkan, M. Relationship between the left spermatic vein diameter measured by ultrasound and palpated varicocele and Doppler ultrasound findings. International Urology and Nephrology 23, 65–68 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549730

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