[The incidence of idiopathic varicocele among andrological patients]

The author carried out a study on 9753 andrologic patients, as idiopathic varicocele was established in 2102 (21.55%). In respect to age, the disease involved men most frequently between 21-30 years of age and this comprised 58.00% of the cases. In respect to family status he established that 77.00% of the cases were married without children, 6% of them were married with children and 17% of them were unmarried. In respect to profession the disease involved men with technical profession on the first place (34.00%), employees on the second place (14.70%) and chauffeurs on third place (12.00%). In conclusion the author indicates that the frequency of idiopathic varicocele is over 20% as 86% of men during fertile age are affected, but 77.00% of the examined cases suffer from disturbed fertility.