[Male infertility due to varicocele: their diagnosis and treatment. Our experience].
The Authors have examined, over a period of two years, 110 patients presenting with varicocele and infertility. Varicocele has an incidence of 40% in male sterility, causing oligozoospermia and asthenospermia. Patients first underwent non-invasive tests such as Doppler and echo-Doppler tests. According to the Authors experience, Doppler speedometry is decisive for the diagnosis of both idiopathic and subclinical varicocele, for the post-operative control of microsurgical anastomosis, and for the intra-operative detection of accessory spermatic veins. The surgical technique used by the Authors is the modified Palomo technique, but other techniques are investigated as well. Post-operative results, concerning both spermiogram and relapses are also evaluated.
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Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
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Giacomelli
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Minocchi
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Gallinacci
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
L'infertilità maschile da varicocele: diagnostica e terapia. Nostra esperienza.