Clinical Study

Ipsilateral Testicular Catch-Up Growth Rate Following Microsurgical Inguinal Adolescent Varicocelectomy

Table 1

The summary of preoperative and postoperative data of adolescent varicocele patients.

Data (#26)PreoperativePostoperative 39 months

Ipsilateral testicular volume 5 . 9 0 ± 1 . 7 4 1 2 . 6 5 ± 4 . 0 5
Contralateral testicular volume 9 . 0 7 ± 3 . 1 9 1 3 . 9 7 ± 3 . 4 2
Bilateral testicular volume difference (mL) 3 . 1 6 ± 2 . 2 7 1 . 3 8 ± 1 . 5 9
Ipsilateral/contralateral testis volume ratio (%) 6 5 . 0 5 ± 1 6 . 4 0 9 0 . 5 5 ± 1 2 . 6 0
Age 1 4 . 5 ± 1 . 9 6 1 7 ± 1 . 9 7