• Fertility and sterility · Sep 1987

    What is the incidence of varicocele in a fertile population?

    • E D Kursh.
    • Fertil. Steril. 1987 Sep 1; 48 (3): 510-1.

    AbstractOne hundred men with proven fertility who presented for vasectomy consultation were examined for testicular size and presence of a varicocele, including examination with the Doppler stethoscope for the presence of subclinical varicocele. A diagnosis of varicocele was established in 61%. In 17 patients, the varicocele was evident clinically, whereas in 44 patients it was subclinical (8 bilateral). There was a discrepancy in testicular size in 22 patients, but this group included 8 men without varicoceles and 7 with subclinical varicoceles. It is apparent that varicoceles, especially subclinical varicoceles, are an extremely common finding, even in a group of fertile men. The results suggest that subclinical varicoceles have no role in male infertility.

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