How long do i need to wait before i see results of a varicocele embolization?

3 months: Since it takes about 90 days from the time that sperm are made to maturity, any changes you make such as a varicocele repair will take at lest 3 months to have any effect.

Weeks to months: Depending on extent of embolization, clinical results may lag for several weeks to months... Repeat scrotal u/s will provide more information but wait for, at least, three months before calling it a failure...

Here are some ...: If embolization takes its effect on varicocele, you should immediately see some, not complete, decrease in its size, feel a drastic drop in the pressure in the varicocele in standing position like in lying position, and experience less varicocele-related ache. In 3-4 months, sperm count and concentration in semen will also improve. More? Ask Doc timely.

3 months...: A complete physical disappearance after varicocele embolization may be impossible but its potential benefit to improve sperm count and motility may take place in 3 months since a cycle of sperm formation (spermatogenesis) is about 74 days. So, do semen exam in 3 months. More, ask your doctor who performed this procedure. Have you got it for oligospermia or of poor testicular growth in teenagers?