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INTRODUCTION: Varicocele is defined as an abnormal dilatation and tortuous. Pampiniform plexus of veins. Only mode of treatment is surgical correction. Surgical procedure can be performed by open scrotal approach, open inguinal approach microinguinal or subinguinal approach, laparoscopic ligation or embolization of testicular vein by intervention radiologist. Advantages of laparoscopic varicocelectomy includes, safe, increased magnification, facilitating more accurate identification of vessels, lymphatics and the internal spermatic artery. An additional incision can be avoided in bilateral cases. AIM OF THE STUDY: To Compare Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy Versus Open Varicocelectomy. METHODOLOGY: Single centre, prospective observational descriptive study, on 50 patients, in Government General Hospital, Kadapa from December 2019 to December 2021. RESULTLS & CONCLUSION: Varicocele was common in the 3rd and 4th decades and a significant cause of male infertility and common on left side. Laparascopic varicocelectomy is safe and effective procedure when compared to open varicocelectomy with significant reduction in operative time, minimal post operative complications and decreased hospital stay, increasing the patient satisfaction and comfort towards the procedure. There was no much significant in open and lap surgery over the pre operative and post operative semen parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]