Relationship between the Degree of Varicocele and Postoperative Sperm Quality Improvement
GUO Tingchao
MENG Lingbo
LU Yongping
Abstract：Objective? To study the relationship between the degree of varicocele in patients with spermatic vein ligation before surgery and the improvement of sperm quality after surgery. Methods The patients with preoperative degree I, II and III varicocele (n=19 cases in each degree) were selected. All patients underwent spermatic vein microsurgery. The sperm quality was checked after postoperative 3~6 months. Sperm nuclear maturity, sperm morphology, sperm density, A+B sperm rate changes and differences in three degrees between groups were compared. Results In the degree I group, sperm nuclear maturity, sperm morphology, sperm density, and A+B sperm rate did not significantly improve after surgery (P>0.05). In degree II and III groups, sperm nuclear maturity, sperm morphology, sperm density, and A+B sperm rate were significantly improved after operation (P<0.05). Conclusion The effect of microsurgical varicocelectomy is affected by the preoperative varicocele degree of the patient. The improvement in degree I group was not significant, but in degree II and III groups, the sperm nucleus maturity, sperm morphology, sperm density, and A+B sperm rate were significantly improved.
Keywords：VaricoceleSperm QualityMicrosurgical Varicocele Ligation
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 71-73 )