Agarwal Ashok, Esteves Sandro C
American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 10681 Carnegie Avenue, X-11, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
ANDROFERT, Center for Male Reproduction, Av. Dr. Heitor Penteado 1464, Campinas, SP 13075-460, Brazil.
Asian J Androl. 2016 Mar-Apr;18(2):161-2. doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.172819.
This Special Issue of is fully dedicated to the thematic area of Varicocele, which has been one of the most controversial issues in the field of Urology, Andrology, and Reproductive Medicine. Recognized as a clinical entity for over a century, varicocele from Latin: (dilated vein) and from Greek: (tumor) still elicits heated debate among scientists and clinicians on an arguable negative effect on male fertility and gonadal function and has fueled thousands of scholarly articles since its first report in the 18 century.
本期特刊完全专注于精索静脉曲张这一主题领域，它一直是泌尿外科、男科学和生殖医学领域最具争议的问题之一。精索静脉曲张（源自拉丁语： （扩张的静脉）和希腊语： （肿瘤））作为一种临床实体已被认可了一个多世纪，但它对男性生育能力和性腺功能是否存在负面影响仍在科学家和临床医生之间引发激烈辩论，自18世纪首次报道以来，已催生了数千篇学术文章。
