{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3023950276","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","title":"Impact of intra\u2010operative doppler ultrasound assistance during microsurgical varicocelectomy on operative outcome and sperm parameters","display_name":"Impact of intra\u2010operative doppler ultrasound assistance during microsurgical varicocelectomy on operative outcome and sperm parameters","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-05-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3023950276","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","mag":"3023950276","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32379354"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/and.13641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/and.13641","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S87865284","display_name":"Andrologia","issn_l":"0303-4569","issn":["0303-4569","1439-0272"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Andrologia","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/and.13641","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010634505","display_name":"Orkunt \u00d6zkaptan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-1319","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-1319"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104100","display_name":"Dr L\u00fctfi K\u0131rdar Kartal E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/01c2wzp81","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Orkunt \u00d6zkaptan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-1319","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002205602","display_name":"Muhsin Balaban","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8833-5651","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8833-5651"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104933","display_name":"Biruni University","ror":"https://ror.org/01nkhmn89","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Muhsin Balaban","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Medicine Urology Department, Biruni University, Topkapi, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Medicine Urology Department, Biruni University, Topkapi, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056265518","display_name":"C\u00fcneyd Sevin\u00e7","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6321-5143","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6321-5143"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210121333","display_name":"Istinye University","ror":"https://ror.org/03081nz23","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210121333"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210153358","display_name":"Liv Hospital","ror":"https://ror.org/04fehsp44","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210153358"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"C\u00fcneyd Sevinc","raw_affiliation_strings":["Istinye University School of Medicine, Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Istinye University School of Medicine, Liv Hospital Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210121333","https://openalex.org/I4210153358"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024322048","display_name":"Alkan \u00c7ubuk","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-9717","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-9717"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104100","display_name":"Dr L\u00fctfi K\u0131rdar Kartal E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/01c2wzp81","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alkan \u00c7ubuk","raw_affiliation_strings":["Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021586799","display_name":"Ahmet \u015eahan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-5875","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8079-5875"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104100","display_name":"Dr L\u00fctfi K\u0131rdar Kartal E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/01c2wzp81","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmet Sahan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077117857","display_name":"Oktay Ak\u00e7a","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-6580","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-6580"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104100","display_name":"Dr L\u00fctfi K\u0131rdar Kartal E\u011fitim ve Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Hastanesi","ror":"https://ror.org/01c2wzp81","country_code":"TR","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Oktay Akca","raw_affiliation_strings":["Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Urology Department L\u00fctfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5010634505"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104100"],"apc_list":{"value":3300,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3300},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.6798,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":18,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81235997,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"52","issue":"7","first_page":"e13641","last_page":"e13641"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9409000277519226,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9409000277519226,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13242","display_name":"Male Reproductive Health Studies","score":0.04280000180006027,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2748","display_name":"Urology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11156","display_name":"Reproductive Health and Technologies","score":0.002300000051036477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microsurgical-varicocelectomy","display_name":"microsurgical varicocelectomy","score":0.9160000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intraoperative-doppler-ultrasound","display_name":"intraoperative Doppler ultrasound","score":0.9049999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/varicocele","display_name":"varicocele","score":0.9259999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/male-infertility","display_name":"male infertility","score":0.8949999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/recurrent-varicocele","display_name":"recurrent varicocele","score":0.9459999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sperm-motility","display_name":"sperm motility","score":0.9340000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operative-time","display_name":"operative time","score":0.7059999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vein-ligation","display_name":"vein ligation","score":0.7879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arterial-preservation","display_name":"arterial preservation","score":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/surgical-difficulty","display_name":"surgical difficulty","score":0.4390000104904175}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778054964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549229","display_name":"Varicocele","level":4,"score":0.9629721641540527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.8101967573165894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31174226","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64855140","display_name":"Perioperative","level":2,"score":0.539941132068634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141071460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40821","display_name":"Surgery","level":1,"score":0.5095517635345459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126894567","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105650","display_name":"Urology","level":1,"score":0.4608018696308136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781087480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17145","display_name":"Sperm","level":2,"score":0.4464775025844574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777632594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27116486","display_name":"Sperm motility","level":3,"score":0.4234536290168762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777688143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179399","display_name":"Infertility","level":3,"score":0.259737104177475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16685009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335057","display_name":"Andrology","level":1,"score":0.14617469906806946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0665992796421051},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779234561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11995","display_name":"Pregnancy","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007248","descriptor_name":"Infertility, Male","qualifier_ui":"Q000209","qualifier_name":"etiology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D007248","descriptor_name":"Infertility, Male","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008866","descriptor_name":"Microsurgery","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013076","descriptor_name":"Sperm Count","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013081","descriptor_name":"Sperm Motility","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013094","descriptor_name":"Spermatozoa","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D014646","descriptor_name":"Varicocele","qualifier_ui":"Q000000981","qualifier_name":"diagnostic imaging","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D014646","descriptor_name":"Varicocele","qualifier_ui":"Q000601","qualifier_name":"surgery","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D016896","descriptor_name":"Treatment Outcome","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D018608","descriptor_name":"Ultrasonography, Doppler","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/and.13641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/and.13641","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S87865284","display_name":"Andrologia","issn_l":"0303-4569","issn":["0303-4569","1439-0272"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Andrologia","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:32379354","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32379354","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Andrologia","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/and.13641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/and.13641","pdf_url":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/and.13641","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S87865284","display_name":"Andrologia","issn_l":"0303-4569","issn":["0303-4569","1439-0272"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Andrologia","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.9763000011444092}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3023950276.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3023950276.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":22,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1802402735","https://openalex.org/W1866054452","https://openalex.org/W1980938725","https://openalex.org/W1985532157","https://openalex.org/W2005742219","https://openalex.org/W2019704447","https://openalex.org/W2042549092","https://openalex.org/W2052317798","https://openalex.org/W2064713244","https://openalex.org/W2068419404","https://openalex.org/W2092043223","https://openalex.org/W2096369775","https://openalex.org/W2130855701","https://openalex.org/W2139561286","https://openalex.org/W2147830713","https://openalex.org/W2176786588","https://openalex.org/W2276698940","https://openalex.org/W2293320339","https://openalex.org/W2343637208","https://openalex.org/W2402039211","https://openalex.org/W2406137248","https://openalex.org/W2606144125"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2176786588","https://openalex.org/W7154721975","https://openalex.org/W3031837459","https://openalex.org/W4248264123","https://openalex.org/W4321500509","https://openalex.org/W2606144125","https://openalex.org/W2561931263","https://openalex.org/W2338547076","https://openalex.org/W4383105862","https://openalex.org/W2528390909"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,88,146,189],"microsurgical":[1],"varicocelectomy":[2,30,164,184],"is":[3],"the":[4,19,52,62,67,84,95,120,125,156,207,210],"gold":[5],"standard":[6,63],"treatment":[7],"with":[8,32,45,61,74],"a":[9],"low":[10],"recurrence":[11],"rate":[12],"and":[13,22,36,80,100,113,135,162,182,201,205],"less":[14],"postoperative":[15],"complications.":[16],"We":[17],"compared":[18],"surgical":[20],"outcomes":[21],"difficulty":[23,82],"in":[24,34,51,119,124,148,155,179,196],"intra-operative":[25],"vascular":[26],"Doppler":[27,192],"ultrasound-assisted":[28],"microscopic":[29],"(IVDU-MV)":[31],"MV":[33,64,126],"primary":[35,99,112,161,181],"recurrent":[37,101,114,163,183,214],"varicocele.":[38],"A":[39,169],"total":[40],"of":[41,83,108,172,191],"228":[42],"infertile":[43],"patients":[44,57,70,165],"clinically":[46],"palpable":[47],"varicocele":[48,102,115,215],"were":[49,58,71,86,91,175],"included":[50],"study.":[53],"One":[54],"hundred":[55],"fifteen":[56],"operated":[59,72],"on":[60,73],"approach,":[65],"whereas":[66],"other":[68],"113":[69],"IVDU-MV.":[75],"Perioperative":[76],"outcomes,":[77],"sperm":[78,150,203],"parameters":[79],"operative":[81,89],"procedure":[85],"evaluated.":[87],"times":[90],"significantly":[92,117,153],"shorter":[93],"for":[94,98,111,159,209],"IVDU-MV":[96,121,157,173],"group":[97,122,127,158],"(p":[103,166,186],"=":[104,187],".001).":[105],"Mean":[106],"number":[107,171],"veins":[109],"ligated":[110],"was":[116,152],"higher":[118,154],"than":[123],"(6":[128],"\u00b1":[129,133,137,141],"1.4":[130],"vs.":[131,139],"4.8":[132],"1.8":[134],"3.7":[136],"0.9":[138],"2.9":[140],"1.2;":[142],"p":[143],"<":[144,167],".01).":[145],"increase":[147],"mean":[149],"motility":[151,204],"both":[160,180],".05).":[168],"significant":[170],"procedures":[174,185],"described":[176],"as":[177],"easy":[178],".006).":[188],"use":[190],"ultrasound(US)":[193],"revealed":[194],"advantages":[195],"ligating":[197],"veins,":[198],"preserving":[199],"arteries":[200],"improving":[202],"facilitates":[206],"operation":[208],"surgeon,":[211],"especially":[212],"during":[213],"repair.":[216]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00"}