Microsurgical varicocelectomy resulted in significant increases in sperm concentration, total sperm count and testosterone in all age groups studied, including men in the fifth and sixth decades of life. Microsurgical varicocelectomy should be offered to older men for infertility and/or hypogonadism.
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