title: [Clinical observation on needle pricking for treatment of infertility due to varicocele after varicocelectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of needle pricking therapy on infertility with varicocele after varicocelectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty-two cases were randomly divided into a treatment group of 62 cases and a control group of 60 cases. The treatment group were treated with needle pricking at sacral plexus nerve spots and lumbar plexus nerve spots, and the control group were treated with intramuscular injection of HCG.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the pregnancy rate of the patient's wife was 79.0% in the treatment group and 41.7% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01); the production hormones improved significantly in the both groups (P < 0.01); superoxide dismutase and Zn in the semen elevated significantly in the treatment group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Needle pricking therapy can significantly improve and regulate endocrines in the patient of varicocele after varicocelectomy, and elevate quality of semen and sperm and the pregnancy rate of the patient's wife.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China. dechendong@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hong-Gui
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yan-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Shu-Ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ming-Xue
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D014646:Varicocele