Email this article Varicocele and its effect on fertility
- Authors: Zamyatnin S.A.1,2, Gonchar I.S.3, Schmidt A.A.3
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Affiliations:
- Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Saint Petersburg
- Priozersk interdistrict hospital
- Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov
- Issue: Vol 11, No 2 (2021)
- Pages: 105-112
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/uroved/article/view/34863
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/uroved34863
- ID: 34863
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Abstract
Varicocele is recognized as one of the most common urological diseases, but its true prevalence is a matter of debate. In the present study, during a screening examination of 442 young men (mean age 21.6 years), grade I varicocele was detected in 7.2%, grade II – in 42.1%, and grade III – in 15.2% of men, varicocele was absent only in 35.5% of men. In 41% of cases, varicocele was diagnosed in isolation on the left side, in 36.5% of cases, bilateral varicocele was detected, and in 22.5%, varicose veins of the spermatic cord were detected on the right. Pathozoospermia was found in 47.3% of patients with grade II varicocele and 61.2% with grade III varicocele. The data obtained in the course of the study showed a significant effect of varicocele and its duration on sperm quality, in particular, on sperm morphology.
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Sergey A. Zamyatnin
Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Saint Petersburg; Priozersk interdistrict hospital
Author for correspondence.
Email: elysium2000@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 7024-0062
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Urologist. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief physician
Russian Federation, 6 Academician Lebedev str., Saint Petersburg, 194044; 35, st. Kalinina, Priozersk, Leningrad region, 188760Irina S. Gonchar
Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov
Email: bonechka@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 2768-7253
Candidate of Medical Science, Assistant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Russian Federation, 6 Academician Lebedev str., Saint Petersburg, 194044Andrey A. Schmidt
Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov
Email: ShmidtAA@mail.ru
SPIN-code: 4272-5069
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department and Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief Gynecologist of the Ministry of Defense of the RF
Russian Federation, 6 Academician Lebedev str., Saint Petersburg, 194044References
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