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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-5
pubmed:abstractText
Varicocele , a disease essentially observed in adults, is underestimated der-estimated in children and adolescents, in whom, for the majority of authors, , the therapeutic management is surgical although the benefits in terms of fertility are unknown. Forty-eight children and adolescents, seen between 1978 and 1983, were followed by clinical examination and subsequent sperm count with a mean follow-up of 5.20 years. The presence at the first examination of the subsequent development of testicular atrophy is a pejorative element in the disease: 12% of children simply followed developed left testicular atrophy at puberty associated with severe anomalies of the sperm count. Persistent testicular atrophy after surgery was synonymous with anomalies of the sperm count in all of these children. Regression of moderate atrophy was observed in three children after surgical cure, but the pre- and post-treatment sperm counts were normal.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-4401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
74-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Varicocele in children and adolescents. Is surgical treatment justified?].
pubmed:affiliation
Clinique Urologique, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract