- inclusion criteria
- exclusion criteria
- age of patients
- age of partner
- grade
- sperm counts
- sperm motility
- grade a+b sperm
- Sperm morphology
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impaired semen quality | |
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20-39 years old who had infertility for more than 1 year and had clinical palpable varicoceles | |
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All above | yes
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patient's spouse was healthy in reproduction | |
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with normal level of serum hormones including FSH, LH, Thyroid hormones and PRL |
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refusing to enter randomization | |
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other reasons of infertility than varicoceles | |
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normal semen analyses | |
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subclinical varicocele, recurrent varicoceles | |
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none of the above | yes
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with significant surgical diseases, congenital diseases or endocrine diseases | |
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female factor infertility | |
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abnormal level of serum hormones | |
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female partner older than 35 years |
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age of' patients | 25 y |
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age of partner | 20 y |
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grade III | yes
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grade II |
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sperm counts | 16.65 ×10e6/ml |
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sperm motility | 29.47 % |
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grade a+b sperm | 22.52 % |
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sperm morphology（normal） | 28.08 % |
- operative time
- Hospital stay
- Number of veins ligated
- Number of arteries preserved
- Number of lymphatics spared
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operation time | 71 min |
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hospital stay | 4 d |
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number of veins ligated | 9 |
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number of arteries perserved | 2 |
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number of lymphatics apared | 3 |
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postoperative hydrocele | no
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recurrent varicocele | no
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pregnancy | yes
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testis atrophy | no
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sperm counts | 22.58 x10e6/ml |
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sperm motility | 44.65 % |
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garde a+b sperm | 42.26 % |
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sperm morphology（normal） | 26.16 % |
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sperm counts | 16.04 x10e6/ml |
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sperm motility | 30.19 % |
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garde a+b sperm | 54.23 % |
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sperm morphology（normal） | 38.41 % |
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sperm counts | 26.21 x10e6/ml |
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sperm motility | 28.62 % |
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garde a+b sperm | 48.39 % |
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sperm morphology（normal） | 26.66 % |