title: Surgical repair of varicocele: effective treatment for subfertile men in a controlled study.
abstract: We performed a comparative study to evaluate the efficacy of surgical repair of varicoceles in improving fertility. A group of 224 subfertile men with varicoceles was divided into 141 patients who had their varicoceles surgically corrected and 83 who had not. A significant improvement in sperm density and percentage of progressive motile sperm was noted in the corrected group (p less than 0.01, p less than 0.05). Pregnancy rate was also higher in the corrected group (p less than 0.05). From this controlled study we conclude that the repair of a varicocele increases the chance of fertilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujisue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuijoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*