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The Effect of the Preoperative Semen Parameters for a Patient with Varicolcele on its Operative Results  

Kim, Kyung-Tae (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Kim, Tae-Hong (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Joo, Young-Min (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Choe, Jin-Ho (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Lee, Joong-Shik (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Seo, Ju-Tae (Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine / v.35, no.4, 2008 , pp. 303-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of preoperative semen parameters on both seminal improvement and pregnancy rates following varicocelectomy. Methods: This survey was done in 278 patients who underwent microsurgical inguinal varicocelectomy from January 2001 until October 2006. By the total motile sperm counts (TMSC) before operation, the patients were stratified into three groups. Group A (mild oligoasthenospermia) was defined as above 20 million, group B (moderate oligoasthenospermia) was defined as between 5 and 20 million, and group C (severe oligoasthenospermia) was defined as below 5 million. Improvement rates of TMSC and pregnancy rates following varicocelectomy of each groups were compared. Results: The average TMSC of all the patients was 25.75 million before operation and after operation, it was 80.24 million, showing an average increase of 54.49 million (211.6%). To take a look at mean absolute increase (mean relative increase proportion), group A showed 67.90 million (131.2%), group B 62.20 million (482.5%) and group C 26.33 million (1841.2%). The patients with varicocele whose semen parameter is in bad condition show relatively a low mean absolute increase but high mean relative increase proportion. There was no significant difference in natural pregnancy rate among each groups (p=0.119, p=0.059). Conclusions: Even in the varicocele patient whose semen parameter was in bad condition before surgical operation. varicocelectomy could be chosen as the first treatment to male infertility.
Keywords
Varicocele; Semen parameters; Pregnancy rate;
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