[Varicocele and pregnancy. Comparison of treated and untreated patients]. / Varicocele e gravidanza. Comparazione tra soggetti trattati chirurgicamente e soggetti non trattati.

A study was made of 209 cases of sterility due to male varicocele out of a series of 1730 infertile couples. Corrective surgery was performed in 38 cases with 8 subsequent pregnancies (21.5%). A total of 31 pregnancies were achieved in the 171 cases which did not undergo surgical treatment (18.7%).