Infertile male patients are patients, not numbers

Why are infertile patients not using psychosocial counselling?

The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of support that infertile patients relied on when distressed, and the factors that prevented them from using psychosocial counselling. The sample consisted of 143 infertile patients (49 couples plus 45 additional women) who were in their mid-thirties and had been infertile for approximately 6 years. Before their clinic appointment, participan...

tissue biopsies of testis in male infertile patients

The value of testicular biopsy in male infertility has recently been emphasized by Meinhard, McRae and Chisholm (1973), and the present authors agree with them that a biopsy is essential for the following reasons: (1) to establish a firm diagnosis; (2) to rationalize therapy on the basis of histological findings; (3) new developments in drug therapy and electronmicroscopic techniques will help ...

[Ultrastructure of immotile spermatozoa obtained from infertile male patients].

We sometimes experienced infertile patients whose sperms had no motility but were not stained by Eosin Y. In this paper we report five cases of so-called "immotile spermatozoa". The ultrastructure of sperm tails was examined by transmission electrone microscope (TEM). These cases were selected from the out-patient population who attended infertility clinic of our department. The semen analyses ...

Genetic counseling to infertile patients

P-150: Ethicals Challenges in Infertile Patients

Background: Medical ethics is an interdisciplinary science that must be resolved the ethical issues with modern developments. Materials and Methods: A total of 980 infertile women that select with simple and available method from doctor Rasekh clinic and about 51 (5.2%) of them have ethical problems regarding infertility. We review 5 Cases in this study. Case 1: The patient is a 18 year old hou...