Varicocele and Male Infertility by Alaa Hamada Sandro C. Esteves & Ashok Agarwal

Author:Alaa Hamada, Sandro C. Esteves & Ashok Agarwal
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Studies

Patients no

Design

Therapy

Diagnostic method

Outcomes

Unal 2001 [244]

42 infertile men with subclinical varicocele

RCT

Group 1: (n = 21) Clomiphene citrate Group 2 (n = 21) Varicocele repair

CDU

Sperm density and motility significantly improve in group 2 only. PR: in group 1 = 12.5 % and in group 2 = 6.7 % with no statistical significance (p = 0.5)

Pasqualotto 2005 [250]

50 infertile men with varicocele

Prospective controlled

Group I (n = 30): Left-sided grades 2 and 3 varicoceles and absence of contralateral subclinical varicocele; Group II (n = 20): Left-sided grades 2 and III and right subclinical varicocele

CDU

Mean sperm concentration in Group II increased significantly (30.32 +/− 9.8; p = 0.03). Pregnancy rate was higher in Group II (66.7 %) compared to Group I (33.3 %)

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.