Varicocelectomy is the most commonly performed surgical procedure for the treatment of male infertility. Although several different techniques for varicocele repair have been described in the literature, microsurgical varicocelectomy performed through a subinguinal or inguinal incision is recognized as the gold-standard approach for varicocelectomy, due to high success rates with minimal compli...

In comparison to the last 10 or 20 years, veterinarians are now frequently requested to solve fertility problems in the dog, mainly due to the increased popularity of purebred dogs as well as for sentimental or fi nancial reasons. In fact, breeders may be concerned about different kinds of problems which include but are not limited to true infertility (their bitches produce no pups after mating...

The aim of the study is to show that long standing forgotten intrauterine device contributes to infertility, reporting three cases presented at Central Hospital Warri, Nigeria, a government tertiary health center. Three cases of forgotten intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) contributing to infertility were seen. Two were inserted for contraceptive reasons while one was inserted while being...

BACKGROUND Islam acknowledges that infertility is a significant hardship. Attempts to cure infertility are not only permissible, but also encouraged in Islam. Over the last three decades, a multitude of advances in assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have appeared. This review was carried out to inform readers, who are not familiar with Islamic doctrine, about the Sunni perspective on thi...

similar reasons we thought that it would not be helpful to go back to our records of the women aged 50 to establish how many of these had delayed their first live birth until the age of 35 and over, as they formed such a different group from our current 35 year olds. The difficulty in classifying voluntarily childless women has been considered elsewhere.8 A woman's perception of her childless s...

Infertility can lead to shame, stigma, anxiety, depression, low feelings of self-esteem and guilt. According Times India 27.5 million Couples in suffering from infertility. WHO estimates the overall prevalence primary be between 3.9 16.8 percent [1]. due women (33%), man (33%) by both sexes or unknown problems approximately. varied reasons most times these cause are treatable. Assisted reproduc...

for which both WFS and DHS data are available, levels of infertility appear to be either declining (in Cameroon, Nigeria and Sudan) or remaining about stable (in Ghana, Kenya and Senegal). The etiology of infertility in Africa is fairly well understood; in the majority of cases, the causes are preventable, such as sexually transmitted diseases and infections following childbirth and abortion.4 ...

Although it is well established that women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero have an increased risk of spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, and preterm delivery, it is not known whether they also have an increased risk of infertility. The authors assessed this question in data from a collaborative follow-up study of the offspring of women who took diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy. I...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), especially males, face a key problem in the form of infertility. Apart from low serum testosterone, abnormalities involving accessory sex organs are also observed in these patients. Infertility is a known complication among males with SCD, and it comes about due to reasons such as impotence, relative primary gonadal failure, priapism, and delayed or impa...