
Consensus and Diversity in the Management of Varicocele for Male Infertility: Results of a Global Practice Survey and Comparison with Guidelines and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Rupin Shah,
Ashok Agarwal,
Parviz Kavoussi,
Amarnath Rambhatla,
Ramadan Saleh,
Rossella Cannarella,
Ahmed M. Harraz,
Florence Boitrelle,
Shinnosuke Kuroda,
Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid Hamoda,
Armand Zini,
Edmund Ko,
Gökhan Çalık,
Tuncay Toprak,
Hussein Kandil,
Murat Gül,
Emre Bakırcıoğlu,
Neel Parekh,
Giorgio Ivan Russo,
Nicholas N. Tadros,
Ateş Kadıoğlu,
Mohamed Arafa,
Eric Chung,
Osvaldo Rajmil,
Fotios Dimitriadis,
Vineet Malhotra,
Gianmaria Salvio,
Ralf Henkel,
Tan V. Le,
Emrullah Söğütdelen,
Sarah C. Vij,
Abdullah Alarbid,
Ahmet Güdeloğlu,
Akira Tsujimura,
Aldo E. Calogero,
Amr El Meliegy,
Andrea Crafa,
Arif Kalkanlı,
Aykut Başer,
Berk Hazır,
Carlo Giulioni,
ChakLam Cho,
Christopher Chee Kong Ho,
Ciro Salzano,
Daniel Suslik Zylbersztejn,
Dung Mai Ba Tien,
Edoardo S. Pescatori,
Edson Borges,
Ege Can Şerefoğlu,
Émine Saïs,
Ashok Agarwal,
Erman Ceyhan,
Ettore Caroppo,
Fabrizio Castiglioni,
Fahmi Bahar,
Fatih Gökalp,
Francesco Lombardo,
Franco Gadda,
Gede Wirya Kusuma Duarsa,
Germar-Michael Pinggera,
Gian Maria Busetto,
Giancarlo Balercia,
G. Cito,
Gideon Blecher,
Giorgio Franco,
Giovanni Liguori,
Haitham Elbardisi,
Hakan Keskin,
Haocheng Lin,
Hisanori Taniguchi,
Hyun Jun Park,
Imad Ziouziou,
Jean de la Rosette,
James M. Hotaling,
Jonathan Ramsay,
Juan Manuel Corral Molina,
Ka Lun Lo,
Kadir Böcü,
Kareim Khalafalla,
Kasonde Bowa,
Keisuke Okada,
Kōichi Nagao,
Koji Chiba,
Lukman Hakim,
Konstantinos Makarounis,
Marah Hehemann,
Marcelo Rodriguez Peña,
Marco Falcone,
Marion Bendayan,
Marlon Martínez,
M. Timpano,
Mesut Altan,
Mikkel Fode,
Mohamed S Al-Marhoon,
Mohammad Ali Sadighi Gilani,
Mohammad Ayodhia Soebadi,
Nazim Gherabi,
Nikolaos Sofikitis,
Oğuzhan Kahraman,
Ponco Birowo,
Priyank Kothari,
Puneet Sindhwani,
Qaisar Javed,
Rafael F. Ambar,
Raghavender Kosgi,
Ramy Abou Ghayda,
Ricky Adriansjah,
Rosita A. Condorelli,
Sandro La Vignera,
S. Mićić,
Shan Hee Kyung Kim,
Shinichiro Fukuhara,
Sun Tae Ahn,
Taymour Mostafa,
Teng Aik Ong,
Teppei Takeshima,
Toshiyasu Amano,
Trenton Barrett,
Ümüt Arslan,
Vilvapathy Senguttuvan Karthikeyan,
Widi Atmoko,
Yasushi Yumura,
Yiming Yuan,
Yuki Kato,
Davor Ježek,
Bryan KwunChung Cheng,
Georgios Hatzichristodoulou,
Jun S. Dy,
Eduard Ruiz Castañé,
Ahmed I. ElSakka,
Quang Nguyen,
Selçuk Sarıkaya,
Luca Boeri,
Ronny Tan,
Mohamad Moussa,
Ahmed ElAssmy,
Hamed Alali,
Naif Alhathal,
Yasser Osman,
Dragoljub Perovic,
Hesamoddin Sajadi,
Hamed Akhavizadegan,
Miroslav Vučinić,
Said Kattan,
Mohamed Kattan,
Nasser Mogharabian,
Nguyen Ho Vinh Phuoc,
Kay Seong Ngoo,
Mohammad H Alkandari,
Shaheed Alsuhaibani,
Ioannis Sokolakis,
Mehdi Babaei,
Siu King Mak,
Thorsten Diemer,
Marcello Gava,
Raphael Henrique Ferreira,
Rodrigo Spinola E Silva,
Gustavo Marquesine Paul,
Tiago César Mierzwa,
Sidney Glina,
Kashif Siddiqi,
Han Wu,
Jana Wurzacher,
Ala’a Farkouh,
Hwancheol Son,
Suks Minhas,
Joe Lee,
Nikko J. Magsanoc,
Paolo Capogrosso,
German Jose Albano,
Sheena Lewis,
Channa Jayasena,
Juan G. Álvarez,
Colin Teo,
Ryan P. Smith,
Jo Ben M Chua,
Christian Jensen,
Sıjo J. Parekattıl,
Renata Finelli,
Damayanthi Durairajanayagam,
Keshab Kumar Karna,
Abdelkareem Ahmed,
Donald P. Evenson,
Yukihiro Umemoto,
A Puigvert,
Gökhan Çeker,
Giovanni M. Colpi
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
the world journal of men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.711
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2287-4690
pISSN - 2287-4208
DOI - 10.5534/wjmh.220048
Subject(s) - varicocele , medicine , context (archaeology) , infertility , azoospermia , reproductive medicine , gynecology , male infertility , diversity (politics) , family medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , political science , paleontology , genetics , law , biology
Varicocele is a common problem among infertile men. Varicocele repair (VR) is frequently performed to improve semen parameters and the chances of pregnancy. However, there is a lack of consensus about the diagnosis, indications for VR and its outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore global practice patterns on the management of varicocele in the context of male infertility.