Evaluation of the possible relationship between hemorrhoidal disease and varicocele in adult men

Year 2024, Volume: 49 Issue: 2, 439 - 445, 30.06.2024

Ali Kemal Taşkın , Abdullah Gül , Nurcan Kat

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.1463901

Abstract

Purpose: Although hemorrhoidal disease and varicocele have a similar etiopathogenesis. However, the relationship between the two diseases is not well understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of varicocele in hemorrhoid disease.
Materials and Methods: The patients included in the study were separated into two groups: the patiens with internal or external hemorrhoid (group 1, n =100) and the patients with no hemororhoid (group 2- control group, n=100). Internal hemorrhoids were classified as grade 1, 2, 3, or 4 according to the 2018 classification of the American Society of Colon and Rectum Surgeons standards committee. Then, group 1 and group 2 patients were compared in terms of varicocele frequency.
Results: Varicocele was determined at a statistically significant higher rate in the patients with hemorrhoids than in the control group. In the correlation analysis, a weak positive correlation was determined between the varicoele grade and internal hemorrhoid grade.
Conclusion: As the grade of hemorrhoid disease increased, so there was also observed to be an increase in varicocele grade. Therefore, varicocele disease must be taken into consideration in the evaluation of hemorrhoid disease.

Keywords

Hemorrhoids, venous diseases, varicocele

Project Number

YOKTUR.

Erişkin erkeklerde hemoroidal hastalık ile varikosel arasındaki olası ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Hemoroidal hastalık ve varikosel benzer bir etiyopatogeneze sahip olmasına rağmen, iki hastalık arasındaki ilişki iyi anlaşılamamıştır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmanın amacı hemoroid hastalığında varikosel varlığını değerlendirmektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Hastalar iki ana gruba ayrıldı: internal veya eksternal hemoroid tanısı konulan hastalar (1. grup, 100 hasta), hemoroid tanısı konulmayan hastalar (2. grup -kontrol grup 100 hasta). İnternal hemoroidler Amerikan Kolon ve Rektum Cerrahları Derneği standartlar komitesinin 2018 sınıflamasına göre derece 1,2,3,4 olarak sınıflandırıldı. Daha sonra 1. grup ve 2. grup hastalar, varikosel sıklığı açısından karşılaştırıldı.
Bulgular: Hemoroid hastalarında varikosel, kontrol grup hastalarına göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi. Korelasyon analizinde, varikosel grade ile internal hemaroid grade arasında zayıf, pozitif yönde ilişki saptandı.
Sonuç: Hemoroid hastalığının derecesi arttıkça varikosel derecesinde de artış olduğu gözlenmiştir. Bu nedenle hemoroid hastalığının değerlendirilmesinde varikosel hastalığı da göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır.

Keywords

Hemoroid, varikosel, venöz hastalıklar

Supporting Institution

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Project Number

YOKTUR.

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