Role of varicocelectomy in infertile patients with clinical varicocele and isolated sperm defects.

Objective: This study investigated the outcomes of microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy (MSV) on semen and hormonal parameters in cases with isolated sperm defects (oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, or teratozoospermia).

Methods: A retrospective review of charts of patients who underwent MSV for clinically palpable varicocele between January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2019 at Hamad Medical Corporation was undertaken. All patients diagnosed with isolated oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, or teratozoospermia in the preoperative semen analysis were included.