Covers diagnostic aspects of male infertility (clinical, laboratory, and imaging methods) as well as various therapeutic options including classical and advanced surgical procedures
Discusses intrauterine insemination, conventional in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, sperm cryopreservation, preimplantation genetic testing, and more
Begins each chapter with key points and ends with clinical scenarios of real-life problems and their solutions
Shares the knowledge and expertise of global experts in the field
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
SECTION 1 Definition, Epidemiology, and Implications of Male Infertility 1. Definition, Epidemiology, and Implications of Male Infertility
SECTION 2 Causes of Male Infertility 2. Pretesticular Causes of Male Infertility 3. Testicular Causes of Male Infertility 4. Posttesticular Causes of Male Infertility 5. Environmental/Lifestyle Factors and Male Infertility 6. Idiopathic Male Infertility
SECTION 3 Diagnosis of Male Infertility 7. Medical History and Physical Examination of Infertile Males 8. Basic Semen Analysis 9. Sperm DNA Fragmentation Tests 10. Genetic and Genomic Tests of Infertile Males 11. Computer-Assisted Semen Analysis 12. Seminal Oxidative Stress and Reactive Oxygen Species Testing 13. Assessment of Reproductive Hormones in Infertile Males 14. Imaging in Male Factor Infertility
SECTION 4 Medical Treatment of Male Infertility 15. Hormonal Therapy of Male Infertility 16. Antioxidants Therapy of Male Infertility 17. Antibiotic Therapy of Male Infertility 18. Alternative Therapy of Male Infertility
SECTION 5 Surgical Treatment of Male Infertility 19. Varicocele Repair in Infertile Males 20. Management of Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction 21. Surgical Sperm Retrieval and Processing for Assisted Reproductive Technology
SECTION 6 Assisted Reproduction 22. Intrauterine Insemination With Homologous Semen 23. In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection 24. Techniques for Selection of Surgically Retrieved Sperm for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection 25. Sperm Banking
SECTION 7 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Male Infertility 26. Guidelines of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, American Urological Association, and European Association of Urology 27. Expert Opinion: Management of Male Infertility in the Postintracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Era
SECTION 8 Insights Into the Future of Male Infertility 28. Clinical Perspective in the Postintracyoplasmic Sperm Injection Era 29. Research Perspectives in the Postintracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Era
Ashok Agarwal, PhD, HCLD (ABB), ELD (ACE), Head, Andrology Center, Director of Research, American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Florence Boitrelle, ART and Andrology-Hospital of Poissy St. Germain, University Paris-Saclay, Paris, France, Panagiotis Drakopoulos, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,, Belgium, Hassan Nooman Sallam and Ramadan Saleh
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