Summary evidence on the effects of varicocele treatment to improve natural fertility in subfertile men

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 239-245

  Tiseo, Bruno C ^a   Esteves, Sandro C ^b   Cocuzza, Marcello S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Androfert   (Brazil)

Author keywords

male infertility; review; treatment outcome varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; STUDY DESIGN; SUBFERTILITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84957874706     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.172639     Document Type: Review

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