Outcome of Varicocelectomy with Different Degrees of Clinical Varicocele in Infertile Male

Table 2

Testicular volume changes after varicocelectomy (analysis of variance).

Varicocele grade	Number of patients	Before treatment	1 year after treatment			values
	(%)		6 months	9 months	12 months	6 versus 9	9 versus 12	6 versus 12	Overall
Grade 1	151 (31.32%)	20.9 ± 3.42	21.13 ± 3.07	21.31 ± 3.43	22.35 ± 1.99	0.07	0.128	0.156	0.347
Grade 2	212 (43.98%)	19.39 ± 2.16	20.25 ± 5.13	20.76 ± 1.59	21.42 ± 1.82	0.685	0.237	<0.001^*	0.546
Grade 3	119 (24.68%)	18.41 ± 3.03	19.14 ± 3.17	20.73 ± 1.51	21.01 ± 1.98	<0.001^*	0.02^*	<0.001^*	<0.001^*
Total	482 (100.00%)	18.71 ± 3.13	19.39 ± 3.31	20.90 ± 1.87	21.38 ± 2.22	<0.001^*	0.01^*	<0.001^*	<0.001^*

Values are represented as mean ± standard deviation.
—significant.