EVALUATION OF MICROSURGICAL VARICOCELECTOMY AND VARICOCELE CATHETER EMBOLIZATION

Abstract

In this study the researcher tries to investigate two methods of treatment of varicocele used in both radiologic department in Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh Saudi Arabia and the department of Andrology in Smir Abass Medical and IVF Center in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. The researcher investigated the two methods depending on semen analysis for four parameters (Volume, concentration, motility and morphology) before and after treatment among 61 patient suffering from primary infertility, The cases were divided into two groups, the first group consist of 31 patients treated by Varicocele Catheter Embolization in radiologic department in Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh, the second group consist of 30 patients treated by Microsurgical varicocelectomy in VII the department of Andrology in Smir Abass Medical and IVF Center in Riyadh. The study showed a significant improvement in semen parameters after treatment in both methods when using paired “t” test ("p" values 0.000 - 0.007 for four parameters). With no significant differences in the semen parameters when comparing the two methods after treatment ("p" values 0.257 - 0.520 for three parameters), excluding the volume "p" values 0.001 which depends upon other factors considered out of the scope of this study.