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Table 4 TMSC: surgery vs. embolization

From: Subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy vs. percutaneous embolization in infertile men: Prospective comparison of reproductive and functional outcomes

Total motile sperm count x106(TMSC)

Surgery

Embolization

P-value Mann-Whitney

Pre-op (n)

5.7 ± 10.3 (48)

8.5 ± 9.2 (25)

0.263

3 months (n)

11.9 ± 15.8 (42)

18.4 ± 22.6 (25)

0.171

6 months (n)

10.5 ± 13.2 (29)

18.7 ± 18.7 (19)

0.079

9 months (n)

13.4 ± 22.2 (13)

11.2 ± 12.6 (14)

0.760

12 months (n)

8.1 ± 10.5 (17)

13.1 ± 20.5 (11)

0.401

Last exama (n)

9.1 ± 11.1 (22)

11.5 ± 17.1 (17)

0.745

  1. The mean of each value is reported +/- SD
  2. Reported data are rounded up
  3. aRepresents the mean of the last semen analysis available for each patient