Prevalence of Varicoceles in Children and Adolescents in Namhae-gun / 대한비뇨기과학회지
Korean Journal of Urology
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: 967-970, 2001.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aim of this study was to elucidate the current incidence of varicoceles in unselected Korean children and adolescents. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
4271 Korean school boys aged 7-18, resided in Namhaegun, Gyungnam province were investigated. The study population comprised more than 95% (4271/4403) of all boys in the respective age in a rural country with a total population of 61,820 (29,840 males and 31,980 females). All examinations were carried out by a single urologist from March to June 2000. The patients with varicocele were divided according to the classification of Dubin-Amelar.RESULTS:
No case of varicocele was encountered in 1,233 boys between 7 to 10 years, while the incidence in the 3,038 boys aged 11 to 18 years was 9.61% (292 boys). There was a peak varicocele incidence from aged 14 to 16 (11.78-13.52%). The proportion of varicocele grades were grade I 21.58% (63/292), grade II 44.68% (131/292), grade III 33.56% (98/292). There were 2 cases of bilateral varicoceles. Other abnormalities found were 7 cryptorchidism (0.16%) and 27 hydroceles (0.63%). In 33 older boys (aged between 16-18) with varicocele, semen analyses were performed and two boys had subnormal sperm concentration.CONCLUSIONS:
Our finding of peaking at ages 14 to 16 was parallel with the old Danish report,11 but our incidence was substantially lower than the report of 16.2%.
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Main subject:
Spermatozoa
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Varicocele
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Epidemiology
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Incidence
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Prevalence
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Classification
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Cryptorchidism
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Semen Analysis
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Urology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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