The Role of Microsurgery in Surgical Treatment of Varicocele.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Varicocele; Infertility
• Interventions: Procedure: subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy; Procedure: laparoscopic varicocelectomy

• Registration Number: NCT02722187
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Warsaw

Brief Summary

This study is to set the place of microsurgery in surgical treatment od varicocele in infertile male. Fourty patients will undergo microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy while the control group consisting of 20 patients wil undergo laparoscopic varicocelectomy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-24
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-29
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-05
• Primary Completion: 2019-07
• Study Completion: 2019-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• clinical varicocele
• infertility duration of min one year
• poor semen quality
• otherwise unexplained infertility in the couple

Exclusion Criteria

• female infertility

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
microsurgery	subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy	40 patients will undergo subinguinal microscopic varicocelectomy
laparoscopy	laparoscopic varicocelectomy	20 patients will undergo laparoscopic varicocelectomy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pregnancy rate after the intervention	one yaer after the intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chair and Department of Urology Warsaw Medical University.; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland