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Since varicocele treatment is one of the few effective treatments of male infertility, it is important to make the diagnosis correctly so as to administer surgical treatment where it is appropriate1,2. We reported that deep body temperature is a practical index of the intrascrotal temperature and is useful in the clinical examination of patients with varicocele3. In light of those observations, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between grading of varicocele and the intrascrotal deep body temperature before and after varicocelectomy.
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Takihara, H., Yamaguchi, M., Ishizu, K., Ueno, T., Sakatoku, J. (1991). Deep Body Temperature Measurement for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Varicocele. In: Zorgniotti, A.W. (eds) Temperature and Environmental Effects on the Testis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 286. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5913-5_29
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