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Table 5 postoperative comparison surgery vs. embolization

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

 

Surgery

Embolization

P-value

Complications (n)

3a

0

0.549

Pain (mean/5)

2.1

1.5

0.034

Sick leave (mean days)

6.8

1.5

0.002

Satisfaction (mean/5)

4.5

4.6

0.877

Pregnancy (n)

18(36.7%)

9(33.3%)

0.778

  1. Reported data are rounded up
  2. aWound infection in 2 cases and scrotal hematoma in 1 case
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