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Patients who showed significant improvement on their sperm density, motility and morphology 6 months after varicocelectomy were designated as group 1, whereas those who showed no improvement 6 months after surgery were designated as group 2. The predictive factors that were examined included: age; preoperative semen quality (i.e. sperm density, motility and morphology); testicular volume; seminal volume; varicocele grade; the number of ligated veins; body mass index (BMI), and serum levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, testosterone, alkaline phosphatase (Alk-p), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), cholesterol and triglyceride. <i>Results:<\/i> Sperm density, motility and morphology improved significantly 6 months after varicocelectomy in group 1 patients (n = 35; 71.4%). Group 1 patients had significantly higher testicular volumes (mean \u00b1 SD: 29.6 \u00b1 5.9 vs. 23.2 \u00b1 6.1 ml), lower FSH (11.3 \u00b1 2.9 vs. 16.1 \u00b1 4.8 mIU\/ml) and higher numbers of ligated veins (9.3 \u00b1 0.8 vs. 7.9 \u00b1 0.7) than group 2 patients. 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