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Correlation of ultrasound-measured venous size and reversal of flow with Valsalva with improvement in semen-analysis parameters after varicocelectomy.

Schiff JD, Li PS, Goldstein M

Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery, Cornell Institute for Reproductive Medicine and James Buchanan Brady Foundation, Department of Urology, New York-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. jonathandschiff@hotmail.com

We studied 68 men with varicoceles to determine preoperative parameters that are associated with improvements in semen analysis after varicocelectomy. Ultrasound-measured venous diameter and reversal of flow were found to correlate with successful outcome.

Published 4 July 2006 in Fertil Steril, 86(1): 250-2.
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