We read with great interest the article recently published by Menkeveld et al. as we have a double interest in sperm morphology assessment. The first one as a Clinical Andrology Laboratory (Laboratory of Male Fertility, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) attempting to give valuable diagnosis to our patients, and the ...

Abstract Aim To study the impact of loupe-assisted subinguinal varicocelectomy on semen quality, serum testosterone level, and spontaneous pregnancy rate. Method The data were prospectively collected for 102 infertile men with clinical varicocele. preoperative values analysis parameters level compared postoperative at 6 months. Spontaneous was assessed Results mean age patients 31.56 ± 4.31 yea...

Schistosoma hippopotami were collected from the right heart chambers and pulmonary arteries of Hippopotamus amphibius culled in the Kruger National Park. The schistosomes were subjected to scanning electron microscopy as well as optical microscopy. The results indicate that S. hippopotami is not conspecific to S. mansoni as suggested in the literature. On account of the morphology of certain te...

Scientific and public concern exists about potential reproductive health effects of persistent chlorinated organic chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE, the most stable daughter compound of DDT). To explore the hypothesis that environmental exposures to PCBs and DDE are associated with altered semen...

OBJECTIVE To determine if strict morphology correlates with outcome parameters in couples undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Academic nonprofit IVF center. PATIENT(S) Couples undergoing IVF/ICSI. INTERVENTION(S) In vitro fertilization and ICSI. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Samples were evaluated for total sperm count, motlity, progressi...

Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between sperm parameters and body mass index (BMI) in the male spouses with infertility complaints, who had reffered to our clinic. MATERIALS AND METHODS The male spouses from 159 couples reffering to our clinic because of infertility, during a six-month period, were included in the study. In this prospective case control study,...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the sperm morphology of proven fertile males and to compare the same with that of infertile males. Method: This study was carried out at International Medical College Rawalpindi and its attached Railway hospital and Islamabad Clinic Serving Infertile Couples Islamabad, from June 2005 to July 2006. 50 healthy fertile males were selected and thei...