INTRODUCTION Psychological factors are believed to play an important role in infertility and its treatment Psychological problems may be considered to be risk factors and the cause of reduced infertility, as well as contribute to an unsuccessful outcome of infertility treatment. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between semen parameters and quality of life in ...

www.amepc.org/tau © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Urological cancers are frequent and represent a fair part of our daily business. It is difficult to keep up to date on all changes and developments. The aim of this issue of Translational Andrology and Urology is to provide an overview and update on some of the most important current issues in the field of urological ...

alternatives to surgery, partly due to cost, this section provides a good resource for nontraditional treatment alternatives. In addition, the thought-provoking topics of advanced paternal age and the role of estradiol in men are also discussed. Dr. Wassersug and colleagues then provide an enlightened view on the psychological contexts of reproduction in several unique populations including men...

Correspondence to: Dr Xue-Feng Huang, Reproductive Medicine Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China Fax: +86-5778-8069 ext.393 E-mail: [email protected] Received: 27 March 2010 Accepted: 30 March 2010 Letters to the Editor Asian Journal of Andrology (2010) 12: 447–448 © 2010 AJA, SIMM & SJTU All rights reserved 1008-682X/10 $ 32.00 www.natur...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2016;5(S1) tau.amegroups.com spermatozoa were present in the semen in 5 of 7 cases with azoospermia. In one patient, the spermatozoa occurred in the urine after ejaculation. Conclusions: Surgical management using transurethral resectoscopy and seminal vesiculoscopy is effective, minimally invasive, and safe for male...

Sperm vitality is a reflection of the proportion of live, membrane-intact spermatozoa determined by either dye exclusion or osmoregulatory capacity under hypo-osmotic conditions. In this chapter we address the two most common methods of sperm vitality assessment: eosin-nigrosin staining and the hypo-osmotic swelling test, both utilized in clinical Andrology laboratories.

Antonio Carbone , Giovanni Palleschi , Giulio Tomiselli , Maurizio Inghilleri , Rocco Rago , Andrea Lenzi , Antonio Luigi Pastore * Neuro-Urology Unit, University of Rome ‘‘La Sapienza’’ Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy Department of Neurosciences, University of Rome ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Rome, Italy Andrology Unit, S. Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy Department of Endocrinology, University of Rome ‘‘...