Antispermatozoal antibody values after varicocelectomy.

Although there are many causes of the production of antispermatozoal antibodies, there are still unknown aetiological factors. Antispermatozoal antibodies were investigated in the postoperative period in 25 infertile men with varicocele whose antispermatozoal antibody tests were negative in the preoperative period. Antispermatozoal antibodies were found in the serum in 4 of the 25 (16%) infertile men after varicocele operation. Postoperative genital infections were detected in 6 patients and antispermatozoal antibodies were present in only 2 of them. The correlation between these antibodies and varicocele has been demonstrated but there is no report on the association of antibodies with varicocelectomy in the literature to date.