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Fertil Steril
July 2009
Department of Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Besides physical examination, various traditional methods of examination are believed to have an important role in diagnosing varicocele. Infrared digital telethermography is presented as a new diagnostic tool for early presentation of varicocele.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKhirurgiia (Mosk)
April 1993
From the results of examination of 60 healthy boys the authors suggest a thermographic characteristics of the scrotum in different age groups. It is shown with high authenticity that the temperature of the scrotum reduces with age. Besides, there is an authentic increase of temperature of the scrotum on the left side in children aged from 11 to 14 years.
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July 1991
Hospital Maribor, Department of Gynecology, Yugoslavia.
Varicocele which is relatively common after puberty may cause even severe alterations to fertility. Sequential Isotopic Scrotal Angiography (SISA) was used for the diagnosis of this condition in both the recognition and confirmation phase. This dynamic and static survey based on the use of 99mTc-pyrophosphate proved able to discriminate between the various degrees of varicocele.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF132 patients were examined by Sequential Isotopic Scrotal Angiography (SISA) to determine whether or not they had primary varicoceles. The results with SISA were more reliable than those of clinical examination and scrotal telethermography. It is a rapid, simple and essentially harmless procedure that also provides pictures that can clearly present the situation to the patient.
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