Varicocelectomy for nonobstructive azoospermia should be considered only in carefully selected patients: opinions based on treatment experience at Dokkyo Medical University
Sperm could not be retrieved from the ejaculated semen of patients with NOA and varicoceles who underwent varicocelectomies, and the SRR of MD-TESE was suboptimal. These results suggest that varicocelectomy should be performed cautiously in patients with NOA.
Authors
- Kazutaka Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-0188)
- Ippei Hiramatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1174-1560)
- Kouhei Sugimoto
- Kei-Ichiro Uemura
- Akiyoshi Osaka
- Tosiyuki Iwahata
- Horoshi Okada
Institutions
- Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center (JP)
- Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2026.14612
- Primary Topic
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00