A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and best practice statements for the diagnosis and management of varicocele in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: A systematic review was conducted to identify and qualitatively analyze the methods as well as recommendations of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) and Best Practice Statements (BPS) concerning varicocele in the pediatric and adolescent population. An electronic search was performed with the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Direct, and Scielo databases, as well as guidelines' Web sites until September 2015. Four guidelines were included in the qualitative synthesis. In general, the recommendations provided by the CPG/BPS were consistent despite the existence of some gaps across the studies. The guidelines issued by the American Urological Association (AUA) and American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) did not provide evidence-based levels for the recommendations given. Most of the recomme

SUBMITTER: Roque M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770497 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature