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Chapter 38 - Male Subfertility

from Section 4 - Subfertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Mohamed Saad Elmoursi  and
Tahir Mahmood
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Prevalence, pathophysiology, endocrinology, diagnostics, therapeutic options

Keywords

Prevalencecauses of male subfertilityinvestigationsinterventionsassisted conceptionsurgery
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 225 - 240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Fields, E, Chard, J, James, D, Treasure, T. Fertility (update): summary of NICE guidance. BMJ. 2013;346:f650.Google Scholar
Lindsay, TJ, Vitrikas, KR. Evaluation and treatment of infertility. American Family Physician. 2015;91(5):308–14.Google ScholarPubMed
Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile female: a committee opinion. Fertility and Sterility. 2015;103(6):e44–50.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chandra, A, Copen, CE, Stephen, EH. Infertility and impaired fecundity in the United States, 1982–2010: data from the National Survey of Family Growth. Natl Health Stat Report. 2013(67):1–21.Google ScholarPubMed
Hwang, K, Walters, RC, Lipshultz, LI. Contemporary concepts in the evaluation and management of male infertility. Nature Reviews Urology. 2011;8(2):86–94.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
European Association of Urology (EAU). Guidelines on Male Infertility. 2018. https://uroweb.org/wp-content/uploads/EAU-Guidelines-on-Male-Infertility-2018-large-text.pdf.Google Scholar
Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Diagnostic evaluation of the infertile male: a committee opinion. Fertility and Sterility. 2015;103(3):e18–25.Google Scholar
World Health Organization. WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen. 2010.Google Scholar
Cocuzza, M, Agarwal, A. Nonsurgical treatment of male infertility: specific and empiric therapy. Biologics: Targets & Therapy. 2007;1(3):259–69.Google ScholarPubMed

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