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  2. Varicocele - Wikipedia

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    Varicocele might be noticed as soft lumps, usually above the testicle and mostly on the left side of the scrotum. [5] Right-sided and bilateral varicocele does also occur. Men with varicocele can feel symptoms of pain or heaviness in their scrotum. [5] Large varicoceles present as plexus of veins and may be described as a "bag of worms".

  3. Varicose veins - Wikipedia

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    Varicose veins are unlikely to be caused by crossing the legs or ankles. [17] Less commonly, but not exceptionally, varicose veins can be due to other causes, such as post-phlebitic obstruction or incontinence, venous and arteriovenous malformations. [18] Venous reflux is a significant cause. Research has also shown the importance of pelvic ...

  4. 9 Reasons Your Balls Hurt - AOL

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    In some cases, it could require surgery. Cause of Sore Testicles: Pelvic Floor Muscles in Spasm. ... A varicocele is the enlargement of veins in the testicle, more or less. It's actually the ...

  5. Spermatic cord - Wikipedia

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    Testicular torsion may result in irreversible damage to the testicle within hours. A collection of serous fluid in the spermatic cord is named 'funiculocele'. The contents of the abdominal cavity may protrude into the inguinal canal, producing an indirect inguinal hernia. Varicose veins of the spermatic cord are referred to as varicocele ...

  6. CHIVA method - Wikipedia

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    CHIVA method is a type of surgery used to treat varicose veins that occur as a result of long term venous insufficiency. [1] The term is a French acronym for Conservatrice Hémodynamique de l'Insuffisance Veineuse en Ambulatoire (ambulatory conservative hemodynamic treatment venous insufficiency).

  7. Vein stripping - Wikipedia

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    Vein stripping is a surgical procedure done under general or local anaesthetic to aid in the treatment of varicose veins and other manifestations of chronic venous disease. The vein "stripped" (pulled out from under the skin using minimal incisions) is usually the great saphenous vein. The surgery involves making incisions (usually the groin ...

  8. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    general medicine, surgery: varicose veins: superficial vein is percussed proximally; if impulse is felt over vein distally, valvular incompetence is present Budin's sign: Pierre-Constant Budin: surgery, obstetrics: suppurative mastitis: if breast milk flown into a sterile pad is mixed with pus (brown, yellow or bloody traces), mastitis may be ...

  9. Testicular vein - Wikipedia

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    Valveless testicular veins are a major contributing factor to varicocele. [1] Since the left testicular vein goes all the way up to the left renal vein before it empties, this results in a higher tendency for the left testicle to develop varicocele because of the gravity working on the column of blood in this vein, compared to the right internal spermatic vein.