Group Patients IIEF-5b Life quality rating (%) Operation time (hours) frenulum oedema (days) Satisfaction of surgery course (number/%) Morphology satisfaction (No/%)
No.   Age (years) Pre-op Post-op Pre-op Post-op
Surgery 23 45.6±2.8 9.6±2.1 20.6±2.3 27.3±4.5 80.8 ±6.4 4.8 ±0.3  3.2 ±1.6 21/91.3 21/91.3
Control 12 46.3±2.7 9.8±2.5 8.8±2.7 29.4 ±4.4 20.8 ±6.5        
Total 35                  
p valuea NAc NSd NS <0.001 NS <0.000 NA NA NA NA
aUnivariate comparisons were performed using Student’s t-test for parameters with continuous values and Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and Yate’s correction for continuity with discontinuous parameters as necessary
bIIEF is an abbreviation of international index of erectile function
cNA means non-applicable.
dNS stands for non-significant
Table 1: Features of 23 patients who underwent a combination of varicocelectomy, penile morphological and erectile functional reconstructive surgeries on an ambulatory basis.