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The optimistic results of surgical treatment of varicocele and publications on the role of subclinical varicocele in male infertility were the reasons for the study of different diagnostic methods of evaluation of this condition. For more than 15 years thermography is used routinely in the evaluation of circulatory disturbances in infertile patients who consulted our Reproductive Unit at the Department of Gynecology.
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Vlaisavljevič, V. (1991). The ROCC Analysis of Five Different Methods in the 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_32
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