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Male Infertility

Expanded role of mTESE heads advances in infertility

April 15, 2009
By:Scott Tennant

Increasingly, urologists are finding mTESE to be one of the most effective and elegant methods of retrieving sperm from the testes.

Comet assay may predict assisted reproductive techniques pregnancy success

March 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

There is a significant correlation between Comet assay results and the likelihood of pregnancy using ART.

Sperm maturation arrest: Better late than early

March 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

The likelihood of successful sperm extraction may be higher at later stage sperm maturation arrest (MA), according to a study conducted by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston that was presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Low baseline FSH predicts successful clomiphene Tx

March 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

Researchers are trying to identify which oligospermic men will respond to the drug clomiphene citrate.

Varicocelectomy response rate: Pregnancy predictor

March 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

Men who respond quickly to varicocele repair have a better chance of fathering children than men who take longer to respond do.

Immunofluorescence may improve microdissection testicular sperm extraction outcomes

March 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

Injecting an immunofluorescent dye into the testes may eventually help clinicians locate individual sperm and improve the yield from microdissection testicular sperm extraction (mTESE), researchers from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, reported at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Study: More urologists needed in fertility clinics

February 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

Fertility clinics need more urologists, according to a study of male factor infertility information presented on fertility clinic web sites.

Popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor may reduce male fertility potential

February 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart

A recent prospective clinical trial found that the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) is associated with a five-fold increase in the risk of abnormal sperm DNA fragmentation as measured by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) score.