Andrological Aspects in the Aging Male

I-1: The Andrological Counselling of the Infertile Men

Background: Infertility is defined as the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve spontaneous pregnancy in one year. About 15% of couples do not achieve pregnancy within one year and seek medical treatment for infertility. One out of eight couples encounters problems when attempting to conceive a first child and one in six when attempting to conceive a subsequent chi...

Andrological prevention in paediatric age: proposal of a new model

Andrological disorders in paediatric age are important: they may cause serious repercussions on normal fecundity [1] and sometimes ease cancer outbreak if not properly and adequately treated. Andrological disorders in paediatric age are: 1) frequently observed disorders, 2) less frequently observed disorders, 3) rare observed disorders. Frequently observed disorders are cryptorchidism, left-sid...

A call for more responsible use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in male infertility: the hidden consequences of abuse, lack of andrological investigation and inaction

Results of cytogenetic analysis in men with severe subfertility prior to intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice for severe male subfertility. Cytogenetic evaluation of men with andrological subfertility reveals an increased incidence of chromosomal abnormalities when compared with the normal population. We performed chromosomal analysis on the male partners of 32 couples referred for andrological subfertility. In two...

Effect of D-ribose-L-cysteine on aluminum induced testicular damage in male Sprague-Dawley rats

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effects of D-ribose and L-cysteine on aluminum-induced testicular damage in male Sprague-Dawley rats. METHOD A total number of thirty-five (35) adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups (AD). Group A (comprised five (5) rats) was designated the Control Group that received Physiological Saline; while groups B, C, and D (comprised ten (10...