Varicocele and male infertility
HUANG Yu-feng
Abstract：Varicocele is a most common and surgically correctable cause of male infertility,for which varicocelectomy is the majot treatment.Recent years have witnessed a lot of efforts devoted to the pathomechanism of varicocele-induced male infertility and rapid progress in researches on its cellular and molecular mechanisnm,mainly including apoptotic abnormality and oxidative stress of germ cells.Meanwhi]e,researchers are coming to a consensus on the indications of vericocelectomy as well as the advantages and disadvantage of different methods of the procedure.This review updates the cellular and molecular mechanisms of varicocele-induced male infertility and its clinical therapeutic strategies.
Keywords：varicocelemale infertilitypathomechanismvaricocelectomy
Publication Date：2010-03-02
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 195-200 )