Dynamic changes of the epididymal size after vasectomy: An ultrasonographic observation / 中华男科学杂志
National Journal of Andrology
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(12): 717-719, 2015.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-276031
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the dynamic changes of the epididymal size 1 year after vasectomy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Fifty male volunteers received vasoligation. Before and at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 months after operation, we measured the size and detected the internal echoes of the epididymis using color Doppler ultrasonography.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The bilateral epididymides were both thickened post-operatively in all the 50 cases, with statistically significant differences between the baseline and the 1st month, the 1st and the 2nd month, the 2nd and the 3rd month, or the 3rd and the 6th month after surgery (all P < 0.01), but not between the 6th and the 12th month (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Within 6 months after vasectomy, the bilateral epididymides manifested a progressive thickening, but basically restored their balance of secretion-absorption after 6 months.</p>
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Main subject:
Organ Size
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Pathology
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Physiology
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Postoperative Period
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Time Factors
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Vasectomy
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
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Epididymis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
National Journal of Andrology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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