Varicocele in Children and Adolescents: An Investigation of the Incidence Among Danish School Children

Abstract

The incidence of varicocele in an unselected material consisting of 1072 Danish school boys aged 6-19 years was investigated. No cases of varicocele were Simultaneously, it was recorded whether the varicocele was unilateral or bilateral. Furthermore, all abnormalities in the inguinal region such as hernias and herniotomies Scand J Urol Nephrol5 Scand J Urol Nephrol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of North Carolina on 11/21/14 For personal use only. of 65 boys comprise what is usually discovered Scand J Urol Nephrol5 Scand J Urol Nephrol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of North Carolina on 11/21/14 For personal use only. Scand J Urol Nephrol5 Scand J Urol Nephrol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of North Carolina on 11/21/14 For personal use only. Scand J Urol Nephrol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of North Carolina on 11/21/14 For personal use only. -1961. Varicocele: a treatable cause of subfertility. Brit Med J 1, 788. Smith, S . M. 1956-57. Body size and weight in relation to varicocele and hernia. Ann Hum Genet 21, 304. Scand J Urol Nephrol5 Scand J Urol Nephrol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of North Carolina on 11/21/14For personal use only.

Varicocele in Schoolboys

“…The latter was performed by 3 urology specialists, who were highly experienced in the clinical diagnosis of varicocele and who all produced comparable data. There was a low incidence of grade I varicocele in this study compared with that in other studies [14,21]. It is not surprising that a subjective screening process for clinical detection of varicocele would detect larger numbers of the higher grades of disease, since these would be detected and diagnosed more easily.…”

“…Varicocele has been reported as the most common cause of male infertility [24] and a number of studies have examined the somatometric data and possible impact on later adult infertility of adolescent varicocele [10,12,14,15,21]. The present study examines the incidence of varicocele, its correlation with height and weight, and its impact on testicular size in schoolboys.…”

The prevalence of varicocele and varicocele‐related testicular atrophy in Turkish children and adolescents

“…They also suggested that after the important changes in testicular secretion occurring in pubertal stage 2, the testicular secretory pattern of the pubertal testis was similar to that of the adult testis. In the present study, all boys aged 13 years were either in pubertal stage 2 or 3; only 14% of the boys aged < 15 years were at this stage, while others have reported the proportion to be 20.5% [15], 15% [6] and 19% [1]. However, in Horner's study [15], all children aged up to 15 years were included.…”

“…There are few reports of the prevalence of varicocele in children and adolescents; the prevalence is 0±1% in the prepubertal period, but 2±20.5% in adolescents [1,9,15]. In the ®rst reported study, Horner [15] detected no varicoceles in English children <11 years old, but 20.5% of those aged about 15 years had a varicocele; the prevalence was not determined for speci®c age groups.…”

“…In the ®rst reported study, Horner [15] detected no varicoceles in English children <11 years old, but 20.5% of those aged about 15 years had a varicocele; the prevalence was not determined for speci®c age groups. Oster [1] assessed the prevalence of varicocele in 1072 Danish children aged 6±19 years, ®nding none in boys aged 6±9 years, but 16.2% in those aged 10±19 years. In that study, the prevalence was 5.7% at 10 years old and 19.3% at 14 years.…”