Varicocele and male subfertility.
Unilateral and bilateral subclinical varicocele was found by internal spermatic venography in 10 of 30 men with stress-pattern semen and normal endocrine profiles. Seven of the 10 had no clinical evidence of varicocele. Right-sided varicocele may be almost as common as varicocele on the left and may be responsible for much of the bilateral effect of clinical left-sided varicocele. Transjugular venography has a low morbidity rate and can be used to clarify the relation between subclinical varicocele and infertility. The technique also permits nonsurgical treatment of varicocele.
D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy