Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up

Male factor infertility gained importance during the last two decades in the infertility work-up and necessitates the revision of basal semen analysis parameters. Diagnostic evaluation of the male begins with a detailed history, physical examination and a semen analysis. Hormonal and genetic evalua...

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Main Authors: İnci Kahyaoğlu, Nafiye Yılmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Network 2013-08-01
Series:Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
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Online Access:https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/203
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description Male factor infertility gained importance during the last two decades in the infertility work-up and necessitates the revision of basal semen analysis parameters. Diagnostic evaluation of the male begins with a detailed history, physical examination and a semen analysis. Hormonal and genetic evaluation is done if indicated. The expeditious progress in the assisted reproductive techniques, highlight the importance of genetic testing in the evaluation of the male patient and in cases like azoospermia in which the prognosis may change the treatment protocol.
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spelling doaj-art-ccd886ec33504274af5a5d93d5ec5a982025-02-11T21:20:43ZengMedical NetworkGynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine1300-47512602-49182013-08-01192142Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Upİnci Kahyaoğlu0Nafiye Yılmaz1Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women’s Health Teaching and Research Hospital, AnkaraDr. Zekai Tahir Burak Women’s Health Research and Education Hospital, Ankara Male factor infertility gained importance during the last two decades in the infertility work-up and necessitates the revision of basal semen analysis parameters. Diagnostic evaluation of the male begins with a detailed history, physical examination and a semen analysis. Hormonal and genetic evaluation is done if indicated. The expeditious progress in the assisted reproductive techniques, highlight the importance of genetic testing in the evaluation of the male patient and in cases like azoospermia in which the prognosis may change the treatment protocol. https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/203Male infertilitySemen analysisGenetic evaluation
spellingShingle İnci Kahyaoğlu
Nafiye Yılmaz
Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
Male infertility
Semen analysis
Genetic evaluation
title Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
title_full Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
title_fullStr Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
title_full_unstemmed Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
title_short Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up
title_sort male infertility causes and current developments in diagnostic work up
topic Male infertility
Semen analysis
Genetic evaluation
url https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/203
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