Surgical treatment of clinically significant varicocele in infertile men with pathospermia is a common practice. However, the question of the role of this disease in the pathogenesis of such conditions as hypogonadism and orchalgia, as well as the role of varicocelectomy in eliminating pain symptoms in the scrotum and increasing testosterone levels, has remained ambiguous for a long time. The expediency of surgical treatment of varicocele in patients with azoospermia also remains a subject of discussion.
The association of the development of prostatitis with chronic hemorrhoids is attributed to the close arrangement and anatomically common lymphatic and venous formation of these organs. Analysis of the data of 140 patients with chronic prostatitis and hemorrhoids with frequent exacerbations showed that more than 2 signs of chronic prostatitis were recorded in 86.9 % of the patients with chronic hemorrhoids. In addition,
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