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A total of 66 testes with varicocele were added to group A, their 50 healthful contralateral testes were added to Group B, and 116 healthy control testes were added to Group C. Analysis of variance (one way ANOVA) test was used to compare groups and Student's\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test was used for their binary comparisons. The correlation between the testicular stiffness and volume was studied using Pearson's correlation test.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There was not a significant difference in the mean SWE values between three groups and also, between two-group comparisons (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05). In the mean testicular volumes, a significant difference was observed between Groups A and C (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.028). Conversely, there was not a significant difference between Groups A and B (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.907) or Groups B and C (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.094). A meaningful correlation between testicular stiffness and volume was not detected for each group.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A significant correlation was not determined between SWE values and varicocele, and also between SWE values and testicular volume. 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