To evaluate the benefits of laparoscopic Doppler ultrasound (LDU) assisted laparoscopic varicocelectomy (LV) and compare the surgical outcomes and complications between LDU assisted LV (LDU-LV) and microscopic subinguinal varicocelectomy for infertile patients with varicoceles.
To compare the surgical outcomes such as semen parameters and the pregnancy rate and complications like postoperative varicocele recurrence and hydrocele between laparoscopic Doppler ultrasound assisted laparoscopic varicocelectomy and conventional microscopic subinguinal for infertile patients with varicoceles. To examine the microanatomy of the spermatic cord within suprainguinal portion.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
Traditional laparoscopic varicocelectomy assisted by laparoscopic Doppler ultrasound
Infertile patients with clinically palpable varicoceles were selected to receive microscopic Subinguinal varicocelectomy
Second Hospital of Shandong University
Jinan, Shandong, China
RECRUITINGPregnancy rate
Time frame: The pregnancy rate was calculated at 1 year of follow-up
semen quality assessment
Routine sperm quality check including Count,Morphology and Motility using both the conventional manual method and computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) systems.
Time frame: semen quality assessment were checked at 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery.
postoperative complications
Time frame: postoperative complications at 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery
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