de Los Reyes Thomas, Locke Jennifer, Afshar Kourosh
Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(1-2Suppl1):S34-S39. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.4340.
Varicocele is commonly encountered in adolescents. There are still many controversies regarding pathophysiology, health effects, clinical significance, and optimum treatment of this condition. This article reviews the current evidence pertaining to children and adolescents with varicocele. This group present a unique and somehow challenging situation, since they are still going through pubertal changes that may confound the effects of the disease and its treatment on the developing testes.
精索静脉曲张在青少年中很常见。关于这种疾病的病理生理学、对健康的影响、临床意义以及最佳治疗方法,仍然存在许多争议。本文综述了目前有关患有精索静脉曲张的儿童和青少年的证据。这一群体呈现出一种独特且颇具挑战性的情况,因为他们仍在经历青春期变化,这些变化可能会混淆疾病及其治疗对发育中的睾丸的影响。