The role of varicocele treatment in the management of non-obstructive azoospermia

作者：Inci Kubilay^*; Gunay Levent Mert

来源：Clinics, 2013, 68: 89-98.

DOI：10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)10

• Varicocele
• Varicocele Repair
• Male Infertility
• Non-Obstructive Azoospermia
• Sperm Retrieval

The literature on male reproductive medicine is continually expanding, especially regarding the diagnosis and treatment of infertility due to non-obstructive azoospermia. The advent of in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection has dramatically improved the treatment of male infertility due to non-obstructive azoospermia. Assisted reproduction using testicular spermatozoa has become a treatment of hope for men previously thought to be incapable of fathering a child due to testicular failure. %26lt;br%26gt;In addition, numerous studies on non-obstructive azoospermia have reported that varicocelectomy not only can induce spermatogenesis but can also increase the sperm retrieval rate; however, the value of varicocelectomy in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia still remains controversial. The purpose of this review is to present an overview of the current status of varicocele repair in men with non-obstructive azoospermia.

• 出版日期2013