1. Assessment of the effects of varicocelectomy on the thermoregulatory control of the scrotum 
Arcangelo Merla, Ph.D., Andrea Ledda, M.D., Luigi Di Donato, Gian Luca Romani, Ph.D. 
Fertility and Sterility 
Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages (February 2004)
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2. FIGURE 1
Temperature distribution in left-sided grade 3 varicocele patients before (on the left) and 4 weeks after varicocelectomy (on the right). The asymmetric pattern showing an elevated temperature on the left hemiscrotum before the intervention disappears after varicocelectomy.
Merla. Infrared functional imaging and varicocelectomy.Fertil Steril 2004.
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