Varicoceles: overview of treatment from a radiologic and surgical perspective

HVN da Silva, RL Meller, EA Ogundipe… - Seminars in …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
A testicular varicocele is the result of the expansion of the venous pampiniform plexus of the
scrotum. Often painless, a significant number of patients experience orchialgia, swelling …

Effect of redo varicocelectomy on semen parameters and pregnancy outcome: An original report and meta‐analysis

M Mahdi, A Majzoub, K Khalafalla, J To… - Andrologia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recurrence following varicocelectomy is an important cause of treatment failure and
persistence of subnormal semen parameters. This original study was combined with a …

Improvement of sperm morphology after surgical varicocele repair

D Morini, G Spaggiari, J Daolio, B Melli, A Nicoli… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background A causative relationship between varicocele and impairment of semen quality
has been largely investigated in the context of male infertility, although its clinical benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Does varicocele repair improve conventional semen parameters? A meta-analytic study of before-after data

R Cannarella, R Shah, TAAAM Hamoda… - The World Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The purpose of this meta-analysis is to study the impact of varicocele repair in the
largest cohort of infertile males with clinical varicocele by including all available studies, with …

Using data mining to assist in predicting reproductive outcomes following varicocele embolization

AP Sousa, J Santos-Pereira, MJ Freire… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
We carried out a retrospective analysis of infertile couple data using several methodologies
and data analysis techniques, including the application of a novel data mining approach for …

Revisiting the impact of varicocele and its treatments on male fertility

SEM Lewis - Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2022 - Elsevier
Varicocele is one of the most common, yet treatable, causes of male infertility. Varicoceles
are present in more than 40% of infertile men with primary infertility, a figure that increases …

Varicoceles in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: the dilemma to operate or not

A Kaltsas, E Markou, A Zachariou… - … in Reproductive Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The knowledge on male reproduction is constantly expanding, especially in treating infertility
due to non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA). Varicocele is occasionally diagnosed in a …

Varicocele repair for severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia: Scoping review of published guidelines, and systematic review of the literature

A Japari, W El Ansari - Arab Journal of Urology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The outcomes of varicocele repair (VR) for severe
oligozooasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) have not been widely examined. Methods …

Role of varicocele repair in the era of assisted reproductive technologies: Lessons from 2000 cases of microsurgical varicocele repair

K Shiraishi - Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Backgrounds In an era of advanced maternal age, there is less conclusive evidence
regarding the treatment outcomes of varicocele repair for assisted reproductive technology …

Impact of body mass index on semen parameters and reproductive hormones among men undergoing microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy

M Mahdi, A Majzoub, H Elbardisi, M Arafa… - Arab Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Few studies assessed the relationships between BMI and post varicocelectomy
semen quality and fertility potential and they reported inconsistent findings. Objective To …