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In a non-randomized surgical series of 40 pubertal boys, mean age 14.5, with grade 2 and 3 varicoceles, 24 underwent surgery and 16 were observed (by the choice of the parents). The repair of varicoceles considered "subclinical" or in men with normal seminal parameters was not recommended. Infertile men with varicoceles were found to have decreased testicular volume, impaired sperm quality, and decline of Leydig cell secretion. In the adult the main indications for intervention are infertility and abnormal semen analysis, both unavailable in most teens.
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