AIM Varicocele is characterized by abnormal tortuosity and dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord and is one of the causes related to male infertility. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between varicocele and somatometric parameters. We also aimed to determine prevalence and treatment ratio of this disorder among healthy young Turkish men. MA...

Background: Varicocele is associated with impaired spermatogenesis. It may also be associated with the patients' weight. We aimed to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the frequency and grade of varicocele among a sample of Iranian men in southeast Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during 2010 and 2011 among 167 men who referred to the University ...

INTRODUCTION Elevated nitric oxide (NO) levels have been shown to have toxic effects on sperm function and motility. This study was conducted to compare NO levels in the seminal fluid of infertile men with varicocele with those of infertile and fertile men without varicocele. MATERIALS AND METHODS Semen samples were obtained from 40 infertile men with varicocele (group 1), 40 infertile men wi...

OBJECTIVE In this retrospective study we attempted to report our own data on the different clinical parameters in association with the presence and severity of varicocele in a large group of Austrian men. METHODS The records of 1,111 consecutive patients with clinical varicocele from 1993 to 2010 were evaluated. The presence, grade, and side of any varicocele were recorded. Semen samples, ser...

INTRODUCTION Although the pathophysiology of the testicular damage associated with varicocele remains unclear, sperm DNA damage has been identified as a potential explanation for this cause of male infertility. The current study was designed to determine the extent of sperm nuclear DNA damage in patients with varicocele, and to examine its relationship with parameters of seminal motility. MAT...

OBJECTIVE To compare semen quality and levels of seminal oxidative stress among three groups: infertile men with varicocele, fertile men with varicocele, and healthy semen donors (controls) without varicocele. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Academic medical centers. INTERVENTION(S) None. PATIENT(S) Semen specimens were obtained from 21 infertile patients with varicocele, 15 fertile m...

INTRODUCTION It has been reported that varicocele might promote angiogenesis. However, it is not clearly identified how angiogenesis affect testicular morphology or spermatogenic activity. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of spironolactone, as an angiogenesis inhibitor, on the ipsilateral testis morphology in left varicocele-induced rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty fo...

Varicocele isanabnormalenlargementof the internal spermatic vein and pampiniform plexus of the testis. Most urologists believe that varicoceles arise from incompetent or absence of valves within the major veins of the testis, although other etiological factors nodoubtplaya role [1].Varicocele typicallyoccurson the left side, but bilateral varicoceles occur in more than 50% of patients [2]. In t...

PURPOSE We determined whether varicocele treatment before intrauterine insemination significantly affects intrauterine insemination success rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 58 infertile couples, of whom the women had normal evaluations and men had abnormal semen analyses and a history of varicocele, were included in this study. They were identified after reviewing the charts of all wom...