title: Andrological parameters in patients with varicocele and fertility disorders treated by high ligation of the left spermatic vein.
abstract: The results of surgical treatment of 50 subfertile patients with left varicocele are presented. Improvement of the spermiogram was noted as follows: 70% of patients had improvement of semen count, 48% of semen motility and 69.4% in the morphological pattern of spermatozoa. Pregnancy occurred in 50% of patients' wives. Eighty-four percent of the pregnancies took place during the first 12 months after the operation. A direct correlation was observed between the size of the varicocele and the number of pregnancies. Severely oligozoospermic patients with sperm count less than 10 million per milliliter semen constituted 72% of the men whose wives became pregnant. There was no statistically significant change after the operation in levels in the semen of luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, testosterone and prolactin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D008026:Ligation; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D013076:Sperm Count; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014646:Varicocele / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone; D011388:Prolactin; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone