Physical examination,scrotal thermogaphy,color doppler ultrasonograhy and scrotal scitigraphy in patients with varicocele

tHIS STUDY HAS BEEN CODUCTED İN A TOTAL OF 56 PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERED TO UROLOGİCAL DEPARTMENT OF GAZİ üNİVERSTY MEDİCAL fACULTY WİTH VARİCOCELE WHO WERE PRESENTED THEMSELVES WITH İNFERTİLİTY OR SKROTAL PAİN AND/OR SWEELİNG.FOLLOWİNG PHYSİCAL EXAMİNATİON,SCROTAL THERMOGRAPHY,COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND TESTİCULAR SCİNTİGRAPHY HAVE BEEN PERFORMED İN ALL PATIENT AND DİAGNOSTİC VALUE OF EACH METHOD HAS BEEN COMPARATIVELY EVALUATED.OF THE 56 PATIENTS,DIAGNOSİS OF VARİCOCELE WAS MADE İN 46 PATIENTS(%75) BY TESTICULAR SCINTIGRAPHY AND BY SCROTAL THERMOGRAPHY OR COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ALL PATIENTS (%100)THE MEAN CONCORDANCE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND OTHER EXAMİNATION METHODS GRADES WAS %67,3 PER CENT FOR THERMOGRAPHY,%76 PER CENT FOR COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND %73,9 PER CENT FOR TESTICULAR SCINTIGRAPHY.IN CONCLUSİON;COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND SCROTAL THERMOGRAPHY SHOULD BE PREFERED AS THE METHODS OF CHOİCE TO DETECT VARICOCELE FOLLOWİNG PHISICAL EXAMİNATİON.