Varicocele is a common medical condition entangled with many controversies. Though it is highly prevalent in men with infertility, still it marks its presence in males who do have normal fertility. Determining which patients are negatively affected by varicocele would enable clinicians to better select those men who benefitted the most from surgery. Since conventional semen analysis has been li...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess whether deferential reflux in pediatric and adolescent varicocele can be successfully treated laparoscopically. MATERIALS AND METHODS Since 2001 at our institution, 148 boys were evaluated for a left varicocele. Preoperatively,all the patients underwent ultrasound scan assessment of testicular volume and color-Doppler US (CDUS)to rule out reflux into the ...

Background Fractalkine is produced in seminal plasma in small amounts and correlates with sperm motility. Purpose To investigate the possible effect of low-level leucospermia on spermatozoa oxidative stress and sDNA fragmentation in patients with subclinical varicocele and apparently normal seminogram, and also to study the role of spermatozoal fractalkine and its receptor (CX3CR1) gene expre...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the cessation of sports training in young athletes reduces the prevalence of varicocele. MATERIAL AND METHODS 1,013 young males were divided into three age-matched groups based on their sport activity. The first group consisted of 305 athletically active boys in basketball, volleyball, handball, or football; the second of 44 ac...

Varicocele is one of the leading causes of male infertility, and is present in almost 40% of infertile males. Recent understanding of the role of oxidative stress in male reproduction has led some researchers to postulate oxidative stress as the possible cause of sperm dysfunction in varicocele patients. The objective of the present study was to examine the published literature on the role of o...

objective(s) varicocele is associated with impaired testicular function and male infertility, but the molecular mechanisms by which fertility is affected have not been satisfactorily explained. the aim of our study was to investigate whether or not the polymerase gamma (polg) polymorphism is associated with iranian varicocele patients.    materials and methods we determined the polg cag repeat ...

Introduction: Varicocele is a pathological dilation of spermatic cord vein plexus, and celecoxib, an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenase-2, is widely used in the treatment of chronic inflammation. So, we examined the effects of celecoxib on inflammatory cytokines, testicular Sertoli and spermatogonial cells number, seminiferous tubule diameter, and sperm indices in immature male rats with induced vari...

osting by E Abstract Introduction: Varicocele is defined as a pathological alteration in the venous circulation of the testis which appears almost exclusively on the left side. The aim of current work was to compare the normal structure of the wall of the veins of the pampiniform plexus and also to highlight the occurrence of any structural alterations in these veins in cases of primary varicoc...

Despite the advances in the management options [1-3], no adequate sperm retrieval can be achieved in a considerable proportion of non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients [4]. Besides the technical improvements, optimization of the patient’s clinical status is one possible means by which the outcomes of sperm retrieval procedures could be improved. For example, lifestyle changes and habitual ...

Varicocelectomy is a management option for patients with painful varicocele. In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of varicocelectomy for painful varicocele and examined the factors that might be predictive of outcome. All patients who underwent a varicocelectomy for pain between February 2007 and July 2009 were included. A review of patient medical records was conducted; patient age, bo...