AI Article Synopsis
- The study involved 36 men with infertility related to varicocele and assessed the impact of 12 weeks of daily pentoxifylline combined with zinc and folic acid.
- After 4 weeks of treatment, the men showed a significant increase in the percentage of normally shaped sperm.
- This improvement in semen quality continued for at least 4 weeks after the treatment was completed.
Article Abstract
We examined the effect of 12 weeks of daily oral administration of pentoxifylline with zinc and folic acid on the semen quality of 36 men with varicocele-associated infertility in an open, uncontrolled study. After 4 weeks of treatment, the proportion of morphologically normal sperm cells was significantly increased; these changes persisted until at least 4 weeks after the end of treatment.
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