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¿Existe alguna relación entre la posición al dormir y el varicocele?

Sadrollah Mehrabi¹, Fatemeh Bazarganipour², Zahra Heidari²

¹Clinical Research Development Unit, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran.

Urology journal

|January 31, 2026

Abstracto

Purpose:

Varicocele is the abnormal dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus, which considered one of the most common factors related to infertility in men. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between sleeping position and the presence of varicocele.

Materials And Methods:

In this case-control study, including 231 adult infertile men who referred to Kowsar Infertility Center, Yasuj, Iran, divided into two groups: Control group including 113 infertile patients without varicocele and case group 118 infertile patients with varicocele. After the first visit by the urologist and determining the presence or absence of varicocele and clinical grading of varicocele, patients completed demographic, clinical and sleep position questionnaires.

Results:

The findings of the current study indicated a significant relationship between the presence of varicocele and Faller down (lying on the abdomen) sleeping position. There was also a significant positive correlation between this position and the degree of varicocele (p=0.003).

Conclusion:

Faller down or prone position during sleep has a meaningful relationship with varicocele, which may be due to increased intra-abdominal pressure. More studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

Palabras clave:

posición al dormir varicocele infertilidad masculina salud reproductiva masculina

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