Ricerc@Sapienza

Purpose the aim of the present study is to assess impairment of spermatogenesis induced by varicocele in, to our knowledge, the largest single-centre caseload available to date.Materials and methods We conducted a retrospective study on 4230 consecutive patients attending our Depart-ment for andrological outpatient assessment and precon-ception check-ups between 2011 and 2014. A total of 2113 patients had varicocele (Group V), while the remaining 2117 were selected as the control group (Group C). All patients were divided into age classes (