Description

Kondo et al looked for preoperative characteristics that would identify a male with oligospermia and varicocele who was likely to have improved seminal characteristics following varicocele repair. The authors are from Kobe University.


 

Patient selection: male with varicocele and oligospermia

 

Outcomes: (1) sperm concentration, (2) sperm motility

 

Preoperative predictors of improved outcome following varicocele repair:

(1) low serum FSH (method and reference range not given)

(2) elevated serum testosterone (method and reference range not given)

 


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