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Lipectomy in the Treatment of Scrotal Lipomatosis
Author(s) -
SHAFIK A.,
OLFAT S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1981.tb03129.x
Subject(s) - medicine , semen , semen quality , pregnancy , sperm , scrotum , semen analysis , sperm motility , surgery , gynecology , andrology , infertility , biology , genetics
SUMMARY— Scrotal lipectomy was performed in 102 infertile patients with scrotal lipomatosis; suprapubic lipectomy was included in 22 patients who had redundant suprapubic fat. Improvement in semen quality was obtained in 64.7% and pregnancy occurred in 19.6%. Statistically, the improvement was significant in both the sperm count and motility of the total series and only in the sperm count in the cases which produced pregnancy. The technique is described and the factors to which the results may be attributed are discussed.