“…Among the remaining 17 studies, nine studies were excluded for lack of useful data and another two studies because they were identical studies describing the same indicators. Finally, six articles (Azizollahi et al, ; Cyrus, Kabir, Goodarzi, & Moghimi, ; Ener et al, ; Kizilay & Altay, ; Lu, Liu, Li, Yang, & Zhang, ; Nematollahi‐Mahani, Azizollahi, Baneshi, Safari, & Azizollahi, ) comparing sperm outcomes between antioxidant therapy and placebo therapy after varicocelectomy were included in our study (Figure describes the search process in detail). The baseline characteristics of these six studies are summarised in Table .…”