Percutaneous varicocele embolization in the treatment of infertility
| Autor: | T B Hargreave, I N Gillespie, J M Ferguson, N Chalmers, R A Elton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Adult
Male Infertility medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous medicine.medical_treatment Varicocele Male infertility medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Embolization Infertility Male Spermatic Vein Sperm motility Retrospective Studies Sperm Count business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Embolization Therapeutic Sperm Surgery Radiography Treatment Outcome Sperm Motility business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 68:700-703 |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/0007-1285-68-811-700 |
| Popis: | Clinical and sub-clinical varicoceles are associated with infertility and abnormal sperm parameters. Percutaneous embolization is a minimally invasive, safe, outpatient method of treatment which is cost effective in comparison to surgery. This study is a retrospective review of embolization of the spermatic vein using stainless steel occluding spring coils, performed in 116 males from two infertility clinics. Follow-up results were complete in 87 patients of which 79 (91%) were successful both technically and clinically and all had sperm analysis performed both before and within 2 years after embolization. There was a highly significant increase in motility (mean 35% before, mean 46% after, p < 0.001). Sperm density showed a trend towards improvement, but only p < 0.10, and there was no significant change in semen volume or morphology. The partners of 29 men (33%) became pregnant in a total of 241 years of follow-up. |
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