Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Mean pre- and postoperative values in sperm number and motility in the 2 groups (group A and group B were homogeneous according to preoperative parameters)
    Preoperative   Postoperative

  Group A    
      Number of spermatozoa (mil/mL)   median 38 (range: 2–100)   median 45 (range: 2–100)
      Normospermic (pts. [%])   18 (56)   22 (68)
      Oligospermic (pts. [%])   14 (44)   10 (32)
      Motility    
      Normal (pts. [%])   2 (7)   14 (43)
      Asthenospermic (pts. [%])   30 (93)   18 (67)
      Fast progressive   10.1 ± 1.5   17.8 ± 4.3
      Slow progressive (%)   32.8 ± 2.1   34.7 ± 4.3
      Immotile (%)   56.5 ± 2.7   47.4 ± 3.8
      Morphology (abnormal forms, %)   59.3   37.5
  Group B    
      Number of spermatozoa (mil/mL)   Median 34 (range: 2–100)   Median 47 (range: 3–100)
      Normospermic (pts. [%])   19 (59)   24 (75)
      Oligospermic (pts. [%])   13 (41)   8 (25)
      Motility    
      Normal (pts. [%])   2 (7)   15 (46)
      Asthenospermic (pts. [%])   30 (93)   17 (64)
      Fast progressive (%)   12.8 ± 3.1   22.0 ± 4.2
      Slow progressive (%)   28.1 ± 2.3   31.5 ± 1.6
      Immotile (%)   59.6 ± 4.1   46.7 ± 3.9
      Morphology (abnormal forms, %)   53.1   34.3





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