Patient's question:
How is varicocele graded? How is varicocele graded? How is varicocele graded? I want to ask the doctor to clarify this for me. Thank you for the question mentioned above.Doctor's answer:
According to the results of health check-ups and retrograde varicoceleography, the clinical diagnosis classifies the degree of varicocele into three grades.Grade I (mild): Not palpable on examination, but only detectable when the patient holds their breath to increase intra-abdominal pressure (Valsava maneuver), and the contrast medium in the internal spermatic vein refluxes up to 5 cm.
Grade II (moderate): Appears normal, but palpable on examination, and the contrast medium in the internal spermatic vein refluxes to the L4-5 level during retrograde varicoceleography.
Grade III (severe): The varicose veins resemble a worm cluster, extremely obvious on both palpation and visual examination, and the contrast medium in the internal spermatic vein refluxes into the scrotum during retrograde varicoceleography.