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Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review

This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, including clinical studies in which one of the outcomes was semen parameter improvement after varicocele embolization using coils only. The objectiv...

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Autores principales: Belczak, Sergio Quilici, Stefaniak, Vanessa, Góes, Leonardo Garcia, Coelho, Felipe, de Araújo, Walter Jr. Boim, da Silva, Nathalia Almeida Cardoso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34093687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.200137
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author Belczak, Sergio Quilici
Stefaniak, Vanessa
Góes, Leonardo Garcia
Coelho, Felipe
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da Silva, Nathalia Almeida Cardoso
author_facet Belczak, Sergio Quilici
Stefaniak, Vanessa
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description This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, including clinical studies in which one of the outcomes was semen parameter improvement after varicocele embolization using coils only. The objective of the review was to assess the evidence on the role of embolization using coils alone for semen parameter improvement in men with varicocele, since embolization using coils is the most cost-effective method of varicocele repair. Study quality was assessed using the methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS). Out of six retrospective and two prospective observational or comparative clinical studies involving 701 patients, semen concentration improved significantly in all five studies that assessed this parameter. Mean semen motility improved significantly in seven studies. The impact of embolization on semen density could not be analyzed.
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spelling pubmed-81478872021-06-04 Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review Belczak, Sergio Quilici Stefaniak, Vanessa Góes, Leonardo Garcia Coelho, Felipe de Araújo, Walter Jr. Boim da Silva, Nathalia Almeida Cardoso J Vasc Bras Review Article This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, including clinical studies in which one of the outcomes was semen parameter improvement after varicocele embolization using coils only. The objective of the review was to assess the evidence on the role of embolization using coils alone for semen parameter improvement in men with varicocele, since embolization using coils is the most cost-effective method of varicocele repair. Study quality was assessed using the methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS). Out of six retrospective and two prospective observational or comparative clinical studies involving 701 patients, semen concentration improved significantly in all five studies that assessed this parameter. Mean semen motility improved significantly in seven studies. The impact of embolization on semen density could not be analyzed. Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2021-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8147887/ /pubmed/34093687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.200137 Text en Copyright© 2021 The authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review
title Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review
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title_short Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review
title_sort improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8147887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34093687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1677-5449.200137
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