Platelet indices and varicocele: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Zhang, Yuyang; Wu, Xu; Zhang, Wei; Gao, Jingjing; Zhang, Yao; Zhang, Xiansheng

doi:10.1111/and.13939

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“…In our study, the mean PCT and PDW were significantly higher in the studied varicocele grades II and III compared to grade I in varicocele group associated with abnormal semen parameters. Zhang et al [11] , however, found no significant differences between patients with varicocele and those without varicocele regarding the level of PDW. Also, comparison of PDW between patients with varicocele and those without varicocele has showed no significant difference in a recent Turkish study [12] .…”

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Value of Platelet Indices in Evaluation of Varicocele Patients and Its Associated Abnormal Semen Parameters: A Cross Sectional Study

Ahmed,

Kamel,

Elgendy

2023

International Journal of Medical Arts

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Article informationBackground: Varicocele is present in up to 19-41% of men with primary infertility and 80% of men with secondary infertility. Varicocele is associated with abnormal semen parameters. The role of platelet indices [PIs] in many vascular diseases, including varicocele, has been widely studied. Aim of the Study:The aim of this study was to evaluate the platelet indices in varicocele patients and its value in association with abnormal semen parameters. Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 122 male patients with varicocele, recruited from Dermatology, Venereology & Andrology Outpatient Clinics in Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. The patients were classified into two groups [61 patients with varicocele associated with normal semen parameters and 61 patients with varicocele associated with abnormal semen parameters]. All patients were subjected to history taking, general and genital examination, complete blood count [CBC] and Scrotal Doppler Ultrasound. PIs were then compared between the two groups by their characteristics and grade of varicocele using appropriate statistical tests.Results: Of the studied platelet indices, the mean platelet volume [MPV] and plateletcrit [PCT] were significantly higher in varicocele group associated with abnormal semen parameters compared to varicocele group associated with normal semen parameters [9.5 ± 1.4 vs. to 7.9 ± 0.98; and 0.22 ± 0.05 vs. 0.18 ± 0.04]. In the varicocele group associated with abnormal semen parameters, the mean PCT and platelet distribution width [PDW] were significantly higher in the studied varicocele grades II and III compared to grade I. A significant moderate positive correlation was found between MPV and PCT and the number of sperms in the varicocele group associated with abnormal semen parameters. Conclusion:The study findings indicating that MPV and PCT were significantly higher in Varicocele patients with abnormal semen parameters than in normospermic varicocele patients.

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Value of Platelet Indices in Evaluation of Varicocele Patients and Its Associated Abnormal Semen Parameters: A Cross Sectional Study

Ahmed,

Kamel,

Elgendy

2023

International Journal of Medical Arts

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Research Progress on the Relationship between Mean Platelet Volume and Inflammatory Pathology of Varicocele

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2022

ACM

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Varicocele as a Factor of Violation of Spermatogenesis and Decrease in Male Fertility

Baichorov¹,

Panchenko²

2023

Astrakhan Medical Journal

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For many years, the focus of attention of domestic and foreign urologists andrologists is the problem of patients with varicocele. The results of the research suggest that varicocele is widespread in the male population, and does not have a tendency to decrease, being one of the main causes of subfertili-ty or infertility that in the scale of the Russian Federation are of particular importance in terms of the prevailing negative demographic trends. When writing the article, 60 literary sources were processed, of which 11 are domestic, 49 are foreign. Analysis of literary sources shows that all questions of the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of varicocele remain the subject of debate. Treatment of varico-cele, its recurrence is aimed primarily at preventing disorders or restoring existing reproductive disor-ders, restoration of fertility, minimizing the likelihood of relapse and complications.

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Platelet indices and varicocele: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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Value of Platelet Indices in Evaluation of Varicocele Patients and Its Associated Abnormal Semen Parameters: A Cross Sectional Study

Value of Platelet Indices in Evaluation of Varicocele Patients and Its Associated Abnormal Semen Parameters: A Cross Sectional Study

Research Progress on the Relationship between Mean Platelet Volume and Inflammatory Pathology of Varicocele

Varicocele as a Factor of Violation of Spermatogenesis and Decrease in Male Fertility

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