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Beneficial Effects of Microsurgical Varicocelectomy on Semen Parameters for Causes Other Than Infertility

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Seoul National University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Varicocele

Treatments

Procedure: Microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02006316
SeoulNUH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether clinical varicoceles are associated with abnormal semen parameters and whether varicocelectomy could improve the semen parameter in patients unrelated with infertility.

Full description

While most studies are continued to validate the observations of significant improvements in sperm density and motility after varicocele ligation in infertile patients, there have been few studies to investigate the effects of varicocelectomy on semen parameters in adult men unrelated with infertility. The purpose of this study was to determine whether varicocelectomy could improve the semen parameter of these patients as well as whether clinical varicoceles are associated with abnormal semen parameters in patients unrelated with infertility.

Enrollment

121 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

20 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • men with clinical varicoceles underwent microsurgical varicocelectomy due to causes other than infertility such as testicular pain, discomfort or scrotal mass

Exclusion criteria

  • adolescents
  • men with proven fertility or azoospermia
  • men with preoperative normal sperm analysis
  • available data to compare between preoperative and postoperative semen analyses

Trial design

121 participants in 1 patient group

varicoceles
Description:
men with clinical varicoceles underwent microsurgical varicocelectomy due to causes other than infertility such as testicular pain, discomfort or scrotal mass
Treatment:
Procedure: Microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy

Trial contacts and locations

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