"Outcome of Varicocelectomy on Normal Semen in Patients Complaining of Orchialgia

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Varicocele; Fertility Issues; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: varicocelectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04509869

orchialgia treatment

Details and patient eligibility

About

varicoclelectomy is done for subfertiltiy and varicocele induced orchialgia. The effect of varicocelectomy on semen analysis is controversial. Many articles report favorable outcomes and others do not.

Most study don't focus on varicocelectomy done for varicocele induced orchialgia,and those studies dont report on postoperative semen.

This study will focus on the effect of operation on the semen postoperatively .

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Primary varicocele
2. Patient's age more than 19 years
3. Normal semen analysis (according to the WHO 5th guide to semen parameters where sperm concentration equal 15 million per ml , total sperm number 40 million per ejaculate ,normal morphology 4 % and motility A =25% or a+b = 32% is considered normal.
4. Scrotal pain after exclusion of other causes.

Exclusion criteria

• 1- Recurrent varicocele

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

pre-operative and postoperative

Experimental group

Description:

the patients who will undergo the operation to treat the pain

Treatment:

Procedure: varicocelectomy