[Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of varicocele. Is there an age limitation for surgical treatment?].

Arch Ital Urol Androl

Divisione di Urologia, Sezione Mielolesi a Rischio Urologica, Ospedale Fornaroli, Magenta, MI, Italy.

Published: June 2003

In this paper we examined some data from the literature about sperm improvement in patients operated on for varicocele in relation to their age. Furthermore we recalled 66 patients ageing more than 30 years at the operating time, to evaluate the sperm quality and fertility after the operation. We were looking for some criteria about the indications for surgery in varicocele patients correlated with age and degree of the pathology.

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