ANDROLOGY Varicocelectomy and infertility

Editorial referring to the paper published in this issue on pp. 184–188 Sexology of elderly man with secondary infertility

“…Varicocelectomy improves the semen quality but statistically does not improve the rate of pregnancy. Microsurgical techniques give the highest rate of success without serious complications [ 2 ]. However, when performing varicocelectomy in elderly men, one must always keep in mind that the time of existing varicoceles is much longer than in younger patients, so expected positive effect in improving semen quality could be worse.…”