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Evaluation of the impairment of spermatogenesis in varicocele through semen analysis and testicular biopsy

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Twenty-four patients with varicocele and 26 normal men were analysed according to the seminal ejaculate and testicular biopsy. Patients were divided into two groups based on the criteria of sperm normality and abnormality, respectively.

Hypospermatogenesis with both normal and abnormal seminal fluid occurred in the varicocele patients, but no statistical differences could be established when compared with each other.

We concluded that testicular biopsy is not useful in the evaluation of patients with varicocele.

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  1. Department of Urology of the University of São Paulo Medical School, Hospital das Clinicas, and Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brazil

    N. R. Netto, R. C. Martucci, G. C. Lemos & G. Menezes de Gòes

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Netto, N.R., Martucci, R.C., Lemos, G.C. et al. Evaluation of the impairment of spermatogenesis in varicocele through semen analysis and testicular biopsy. International Urology and Nephrology 9, 329–333 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02081951

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