BACKGROUND No reports have been published about age-related sperm malformations in varicocele patients. AIM To investigate the distribution of abnormal sperm characteristics in adolescents, adults and older men with varicocele. SETTING AND DESIGN Records of semen analysis of 143 men aged 14 to 53 years who had evident left-sided varicocele detected by physical examination and confirmed by d...

The most common cause of male infertility is varicocele, and varicocele is the most common correctable cause of male factor infertility. In this article we reviewed the concept of varicocele in terms of its diagnosis, method of treatment, indications for treatment, treatment outcomes, and prognostic factors. Physical examination is an essential diagnostic tool in the evaluation of a patient wit...

The treatment of varicoceles in adolescents is highly controversial. In contrast to adults with varicocele, fertility status is not yet known and it is not generally feasible to obtain a semen analysis in adolescents in order to guide treatment. Hence, the principal indication for surgery in teenagers is hypotrophy/atrophy of the left testis associated with a varicocele. Recent evidence in adul...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate semen parameters in infertile Saudi Arabian men. METHODS In this retrospective study, semen analysis and other clinical data were extracted from medical records of men attending an infertility clinic. Patients were stratified according to smoking status and presence or absence of varicocele. RESULTS The study included 425 patients. Nonsmokers (n = 322) had significantl...

Testicular varicocele, which is defined as the dilation of the veins draining the testicle, has long been associated with a detrimental effect on testicular function. Despite a lack of high-quality, prospective data, recent evidence has shed light on potential links between varicocele and male infertility and serum testosterone levels. Similarly, varicocele repair has increasingly been shown to...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of physical exercise on seminal parameters of male athletes with varicocele. Sixty healthy male volunteers (athletes and non-athletes, n = 30 + 30) and 60 volunteers affected by varicocele (athletes and non-athletes, n = 30 + 30) were randomly selected for a clinical study. All subjects provided at least two semen samples for routine mi...

Varicocele is the most common correctable cause of male factor infertility. The role of varicocele in the etiology of male infertility is still controversial regarding to whom varicocelectomy should be done and the selection should be meticulous. With the recent advances in biomolecular and development of novel sperm functional tests, it has been possible to better understand the mechanism invo...

BACKGROUND Varicocele, one of the most common causes of sperm abnormalities in men, is the dilation of the testicular vein (the pampiniform venous plexus) by more than 2 mm. Ultrasonography is the primary imaging procedure for varicocele diagnosis. The venous diameter is evaluated using B-mode sonography, and venous reflux is assessed using color Doppler sonography. OBJECTIVES In this study, ...

Varicocele is a common condition amongst infertile men. repair (VR) frequently performed to improve semen quality, sperm DNA fragmentation, and the chances of pregnancy. However, there lack consensus about diagnosis, indications, outcomes for VR. The aim this study was explore global practice patterns practicing male infertility clinicians on management varicocele in context couple infertility.

BACKGROUND A varicocele is an, almost exclusively left-sided, varicosity of the pampiniform plexus of the spermatic cord, forming a tangle of distended blood vessels in the scrotum. Although the concept that varicocele causes male subfertility and therefore varicocelectomy cures male subfertility has been around for almost fifty years now, the mechanisms by which varicocele would affect fertili...