OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of scrotal pain in men before and after vasectomy, to produce accurate data for the benefit of men considering this procedure, and hence improved informed consent about the outcomes, as chronic scrotal pain after vasectomy is a poorly quantified clinical problem. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between November 2004 and January 2006 nine surgeons carried out vasectomies in...

Records of body weight and testicular measurements (scrotal circumference, scrotal length and average testes weight) were obtained from 296 (197 Red Sokoto and 99 Borno White) indigenous goats of various ages (between one and three years of age) in Nigeria. Red sokoto goats had significantly (P<0.05) higher body weight than the Borno White. The Borno white had significantly (P<0.05) longer scro...

Story in Brief Seasonal differences and growth rates were studied on 60 Hereford and Angus bulls born in the spring and fall calving seasons at Oklahoma State University. Hip height, scrotal circumference and weight measurements were taken over the two IO-month experiments. Season of birth had no influence on scrotal circumference for either Hereford or Angus bulls. Season of birth in Angus bul...

Quantitative histology of the descended testis of unilateral cryptorchid bucks was compared with testis of normal bucks to evaluate the reproductive potentials of the scrotal testis in unilateral cryptorchids, using light microscopy techniques. The contralateral scrotal testes of the unilateral cryptorchids and the testes of the normal bucks contained profiles of seminiferous epithelium and eac...

THE EXPERIMENTS RECORDED ABOVE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE FOLLOWING POINTS: 1. Scrotal swelling can appear in guinea pigs directly inoculated from a human case of Mexican typhus fever. 2. In certain strains of this disease, a number of generations of guinea pigs may show absolutely no scrotal swelling, which, however, may reappear in subsequent animals, suggesting-though not absolutely proving-that ...

BACKGROUND Scrotal temperatures in men have been reported to be either similar on both sides or higher on the left than the right scrotum. We aimed to clarify this discrepancy from new data. METHODS Retrospective analyses of scrotal temperatures in men aged 20-52 years measured every 2 min with probes connected to a data collector in three experiments. In Experiment I, eight men have been sub...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS There are anecdotal reports that men who wear (Scottish) kilts have better sperm quality and better fertility. But how much is true? Total sperm count and sperm concentration reflect semen quality and male reproductive potential. It has been proven that changes in the scrotal temperature affect spermatogenesis. We can at least affirm that clothing increases the scrotal tempe...

the objective of this study was to investigate whether or not the adverse effects of heat on sperm quality could be prevented by green tea extract (gte) administration. ninety adult male mice were randomly divided to two groups. the scrotum of each animal in the first group was immersed once for 20 min in a water bath maintained at 42 oc (heat group, h) and the second group (control group, c) w...

Scrotal oedema associated with dengue fever is a rare and self limiting condition resolving in a few days without any complication or sequelae. This is a report of two cases of dengue fever associated with acute scrotal and penile oedema.