Spontaneous pregnancies post-microsurgical varicocelectomy in infertile men with severe oligozoospermia: a preliminary vietnamese report. 2023

L Vu Tan, and N Phuc Cam Hoang, and M Ba Tien Dung, and P Vinh Phu, and M Martinez, and N Minh Duc
Department of Andrology, Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

This study evaluated whether microsurgical varico-celectomy performed in infertile men with severe oligozoospermia (SO) resulted in improved semen parameters or increased rates of spontaneous pregnancy (SP) and performed a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and varicocelectomy. This study included 25 patients with SO who underwent microsurgical varicocelectomy between September 2019 and May 2022, which resulted in post-surgical SP in all cases. Men with azoospermia, abnormal karyotype, or Y-chromosome microdeletion were excluded from the study. Serum luteinizing, follicle-stimulating, and testosterone hormones were measured preoperatively. Semen was analyzed every 3 months postoperation. The incidence of SP was recorded at each visit. Cost-effectiveness for assisted reproductive technologies was calculated based on reported costs. Several parameters were evaluated as potential predictors of the response to microsurgical varicocelectomy using univariate and multivariate analyses. After a mean postoperative observation period of 7 months, 25 couples with SP after microsurgical varicocelectomy were recruited. The mean sperm concentration increased from 3 million/mL (interquartile range [IQR]: 2-5 million/mL) to 12 million/mL (IQR: 5-17 million/mL; p<0.05), and mean sperm motility improved from 4% (IQR: 3%-6%) to 7.6% (p<0.05). Total motile sperm count (TMSC) increased to 3.08 million (IQR: 1.02-5.83 million) from a preoperative value of 0.34 million (IQR: 0.16-0.83 million). A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing IVF with varicocelectomy indicates that varicocelectomy may represent a better first-line option for infertile men with very low preoperative TMSC. However, further research remains necessary to confirm this result. Varicocelectomy should be discussed as a treatment option for men with SO and may improve sperm quality and fertility potential, resulting in SP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007248 Infertility, Male The inability of the male to effect FERTILIZATION of an OVUM after a specified period of unprotected intercourse. Male sterility is permanent infertility. Sterility, Male,Sub-Fertility, Male,Subfertility, Male,Male Infertility,Male Sterility,Male Sub-Fertility,Male Subfertility,Sub Fertility, Male
D008297 Male Males
D009845 Oligospermia A condition of suboptimal concentration of SPERMATOZOA in the ejaculated SEMEN to ensure successful FERTILIZATION of an OVUM. In humans, oligospermia is defined as a sperm count below 20 million per milliliter semen. Cryptospermia,Cryptozoospermia,Low Sperm Count,Hypospermatogenesis,Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia,Oligozoospermia,Cryptospermias,Cryptozoospermias,Hypospermatogeneses,Low Sperm Counts,Oligoasthenoteratozoospermias,Sperm Count, Low,Sperm Counts, Low
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000095224 Southeast Asian People People native to or inhabitants of SOUTHEASTERN ASIA including BORNEO; BRUNEI; CAMBODIA; INDONESIA; LAOS; MALAYSIA; the MEKONG VALLEY; MYANMAR (formerly Burma), the PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; and VIETNAM. It includes people native or inhabitants of the MEKONG VALLEY. Southeast Asians,Southeastern Asian People,Southeastern Asians,Burmese,Cambodians,Thai,Vietnamese,Asian People, Southeast,Asian, Southeast,Asian, Southeastern,People, Southeast Asian,People, Southeastern Asian,Southeast Asian,Southeast Asian Peoples,Southeastern Asian,Southeastern Asian Peoples
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012661 Semen The thick, yellowish-white, viscid fluid secretion of male reproductive organs discharged upon ejaculation. In addition to reproductive organ secretions, it contains SPERMATOZOA and their nutrient plasma. Seminal Plasma,Plasma, Seminal
D013081 Sperm Motility Movement characteristics of SPERMATOZOA in a fresh specimen. It is measured as the percentage of sperms that are moving, and as the percentage of sperms with productive flagellar motion such as rapid, linear, and forward progression. Motilities, Sperm,Motility, Sperm,Sperm Motilities

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