title: [Male infertility due to varicocele: their diagnosis and treatment. Our experience].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di III Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iavarone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giacomelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minocchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braccioni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gallinacci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gabatel
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: L'infertilità maschile da varicocele: diagnostica e terapia. Nostra esperienza.