Surgery Success: 90% - 95% Success or Just 14%?
QUESTION: I’ve seen stats on the surgical repair of Varicocele in the 90 to 95% range and your information is substantially lower as well for the embolization procedure . Where do you get your stats? I’ve been scammed too many times and it’s not the 42.00 I’m concerned about either. Thank you ANSWER: Right, well, what is the 90% success for? It's not for fertility improvement, that's only 14% (NNT = 7). It's not for pain relief, that's not very significant improvement. Actually many meta analysis indicate that surgery may not be effective at all for improving pregnancy rate or pain. As well, pretty much every single literature on surgery states that further study is needed. It's successfully completing the procedure. That's not "success" in my opinion. It also doesn't mean that you were not damaged by the procedure. It just means that the procedure that was set-out to be done was completed successfully. That's why there