OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effects and safeness of combined hysterolaparoscopy on evaluation the causes of infertility. METHODS This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Gynecology (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China) from January 2011 to April 2014. Patients aged 21-43 years with infertility were included in this study. The ...

A large number of human diseases arise as a result of genetic abnormalities. With the advent of improved molecular biology techniques, the genetic etiology of male infertility is increasing. The common genetic factors responsible for male infertility are chromosomal abnormalities, Yq microdeletion and cystic fibrosis. These are responsible for approximately 30 percent cases of male infertility....

BACKGROUND Infertility affects an estimated 15% of couples globally, amounting to 48.5 million couples. Males are found to be solely responsible for 20-30% of infertility cases and contribute to 50% of cases overall. However, this number does not accurately represent all regions of the world. Indeed, on a global level, there is a lack of accurate statistics on rates of male infertility. Our rep...

Objective To compare the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (including HIV) and of highrisk sexual behaviour in the following three groups: primary infertile relationships, secondary infertile relationships and fertile relationships. Primary infertility is here defined as never having conceived before, secondary infertility as infertility subsequent to having conceived at leas...

Male infertility is an urgent medical and demographic threat worldwide, in particular industrial regions suffering from environmental pollution. Here we performed analysis of epidemiological studies meta-analyses prevalence, causes, risk factors male reproductive disorders. Among the well-defined determining are hormonal imbalance, sexually transmitted infections, other inflammatory diseases, h...

Background: Infertility is one of the most common and important subjects in today’s obstetrics and gynecology. Immunological factors such as the presence of antisperm antibodies (ASA) are challenging etiologies for infertility. This study was performed to determine the correlation between the type of sexual practices (oral‚ anal and vaginal during menstruation) and the ASA levels in semen and i...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a prevalent infection in humans. Recent studies have shown the role of CMV infection in male infertility disorder. AIM Here we aimed to study the role of CMV infection in men with idiopathic infertility. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a case-control study of CMV serology in 200 patients attending male infertility clinic of a university hospital. There...

â  background: the relationship between subfertiltiy and celiac disease has been well described and may be the only presenting feature of celiac disease. therefore, this study was designed to show the prevalence of celiac disease in unexplained infertility among iranian patients in tehran, iran. â  methods: this case-control study includes 125 patients with primary unexplained infertility and 1...