Treatment of Male Infertility

I-2: Medical Treatment of Male Infertility

Male factor is the sole reason or a component for infertility in 20 and 30% of cases respectively. Medical treatment is preferred for patients with testicular failure due to endocrine or exocrine diseases. Although the infertility may be due to a pathology in the hypothalamic- pituitary axis, the majority of the cases occurs as results of testicular failure. In general medical treatment modalit...

I-1: Surgical Treatment of Male Infertility

Male factor is the sole reason or a component for infertility in 20 and 30% of cases respectively. The management of the disease may be via medical or surgical treatment. The surgical approach is classified as techniques which improves sperm production and delivery in order to achieve spontaneous pregnancy or sperm retrieval techniques prior to assisted reproductive techniques (ART). Varicocele...

Medical treatment of male infertility

The majority of male infertility is idiopathic. However, there are multiple known causes of male infertility, and some of these causes can be treated medically with high success rates. In cases of idiopathic or genetic causes of male infertility, medical management is typically empirical; in most instances medical therapy represents off-label use that is not specifically approved by the FDA. Un...

Gonadotropin Treatment in Male Infertility

Advances in Surgical Treatment of Male Infertility

A male factor is the only cause of infertility in 30% to 40% of couples. Most causes of male infertility are treatable, and the goal of many treatments is to restore the ability to conceive naturally. Varicoceles are present in 15% of the normal male population and in approximately 40% of men with infertility. Varicocele is the most common cause of male infertility that can be corrected surgica...