Varicocele and male factor infertility treatment: a new meta-analysis and review of the role of varicocele repair

A Baazeem, E Belzile, A Ciampi, G Dohle, K Jarvi… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Varicocele is a common condition, found in many men who present for infertility
evaluation. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of varicocelectomy on male infertility …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of varicocelectomy on sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation rates in infertile men with clinical varicocele: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FTL Neto, M Roque, SC Esteves - Fertility and sterility, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the effect of varicocelectomy on sperm deoxyribonucleic acid
fragmentation (SDF) rates in infertile men with clinical varicocele. Design Systematic review …

Open non-microsurgical, laparoscopic or open microsurgical varicocelectomy for male infertility: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

H Ding, J Tian, W Du, L Zhang, H Wang… - BJU …, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Study Type-Therapy (systematic review) Level of Evidence 1a What's known on the
subject? and What does the study add? There are several surgical techniques for the …

[HTML][HTML] The great debate: varicocele treatment and impact on fertility

MA Will, J Swain, M Fode, J Sonksen, GM Christman… - Fertility and sterility, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the current literature on the impact and potential mechanisms of
varicocele repair on male fertility. DESIGN: Pertinent articles were identified through …

Review of current varicocelectomy techniques and their outcomes.

P Diegidio, JK Jhaveri, S Ghannam… - BJU …, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The relationship between
varicocele and infertility is well established, and several surgical and radiological …

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

R Cannarella, R Shah, TAAAM Hamoda… - The World Journal …, 2023 - pmc.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 …

The impact of varicocelectomy on sperm parameters: a meta-analysis

I Schauer, S Madersbacher, R Jost, WA Hübner… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We determined the impact of 3 surgical techniques (high ligation, inguinal
varicocelectomy and the subinguinal approach) for varicocelectomy on sperm parameters …

The varicocele: clinical presentation, evaluation, and surgical management

JR Lomboy, RM Coward - Seminars in interventional radiology, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
A varicocele is an abnormal dilatation and tortuosity of the veins of the spermatic cord.
Although varicoceles are common in the general population and are frequently found on …

Inguinal and subinguinal micro-varicocelectomy, the optimal surgical management of varicocele: a meta-analysis

J Wang, SJ Xia, ZH Liu, L Tao, JF Ge… - Asian journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Conventional meta-analyses have shown inconsistent results for the efficacy of various
treatments of varicoceles. Therefore, we performed a multiple-treatment meta-analysis to …

Recurrent varicocele

K Rotker, M Sigman - Asian journal of andrology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Varicocele recurrence is one of the most common complications associated with varicocele
repair. A systematic review was performed to evaluate varicocele recurrence rates, anatomic …