Varicocelectomy To Treat Pain, Predictors Of Success

Varicocelectomy To Treat Pain, Predictors Of Success : A Prospective Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01395186

Enrollment

145

Registered

2011-07-15

Start date

2009-04-30

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2011-07-15

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Conditions

Pain

Keywords

varicocele, pain

Brief summary

there are many studies studying the effectiveness of surgical treatment in patients treated for infertility, but only a few reporting the results of varicocelectomy done for pain. This study attempted to examine the success rate of varicocele ligation when performed for the treatment of pain and to evaluate all the predictor factors that may affect the pain resolve

Detailed description

varicocelectomy for patients complaining of pain and studying the effectiveness and all predictors that can affect the degree of response

Interventions

PROCEDUREvaricocelectomy

varicocelectomy for painful varicocele

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* painful varicocele after failure of medical therapy

Exclusion criteria

* responders to medical therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
pain resolve after varicocelectomy	3 months foloow up	degree of pain resolve after varicocelectomy

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
semen parameters	6 months	count,motility, morphology based on WHO 1995

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026