Published date: Oct 04 2016

Journal Title: KnE Medicine

Issue title: The 6th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2016)

Pages: 153-160

DOI: 10.18502/kme.v1i1.551

Donny Eka Putraponco.birowo@gmail.com

Ponco Birowo

Indah Suci Widyahening

Nur Rasyid

Akmal Taher

The outcomes of varicocele repair in non-obstructive azoospermic men remain the subject of controversy. Until now, small studies with small number of patients performed make it difficult to assess the efficacy of varicocele surgery in men with non-obstructive azoospermia. This review is performed to evaluate quality of the sperm among non-obstructive azoospermic men after varicocele repair. 

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