Andrology laboratories need to produce reliable results for appropriate diagnostic and health care decisions. Since semen analysis is highly complex and procedurally difficult to standardize, quality control (QC) is essential to detect and correct systematic errors and high variability of results. The large discrepancies between assessments of sperm concentration and morphology in different lab...

This paper highlights the need for formal training in andrology amongst those clinicians who are today managing the problem of infertility in the male. As all infertility now appears to be treated mainly by gynaecologists who have often had no teaching in the subject of andrology, suggestions are made as to how this situation can be improved and rectified. Specific training is needed for those ...

What does the clinician need from an andrology laboratory? The andrology laboratory is vital for the accurate diagnosis and treatment of male factor infertility, which is contributory in 50% of infertile couples. While there are some diagnostic tests of limited clinical utility, many tests can be useful in specific clinical settings. In this chapter, we will review the basic interpretation of t...

Perhaps one of the most exciting and revolutionary scientific discoveries of the past 3 decades has been the development of in vitro fertilization (IVF) to treat human infertility. It is impossible to quantify its effect on numerous families since the first IVF birth in 1978 in Oldham, England (Steptoe and Edwards, 1978). With increasing clinical utilization of assisted reproductive technologie...

In itself, andrology specialty is rapidly progressing one that gains day after day momentum to boost and broaden its wealth of information to answer the questions of the exact nature of biological, endocrinological, genetic as well as molecular proceedings or progress taking place in andrological disorders. At the same time, it offers an ultimate solution for specific andrological problems depe...