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Varicocelectomy significantly improved total motile sperm count (TMSC) in adolescents. Successful varicocele correction normalized abnormal semen parameters in over half of patients, aiding fertility potential.

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  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery

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  • Adolescent varicocele management aims to optimize fertility.
  • Limited data exists on varicocelectomy's impact on individual semen parameters in adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the impact of varicocele correction on semen parameters in adolescent patients.
  • To assess the success of varicocelectomy in improving fertility potential.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of over 1600 adolescent varicocele patients.
  • Inclusion of 15 Tanner stage V patients with unilateral left-sided varicocele and pre/postoperative semen analyses.
  • Use of mixed models to compare semen parameters before and after varicocelectomy.

Main Results:

  • Complete varicocele elimination in 80% of patients.
  • Significant improvement in total motile sperm count (TMSC) post-surgery (average increase of 44.0 million).
  • Normalization of abnormal semen parameters in 55.6% of cases.

Conclusions:

  • Successful adolescent varicocele correction can improve TMSC.
  • Surgical intervention is a viable option for adolescent varicoceles with abnormal semen parameters.
  • Varicocelectomy shows potential for optimizing fertility in affected adolescents.