BACKGROUND This study was conducted to determine if serum inhibin B concentration can predict spermatogenesis in azoospermic infertile men. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 70 patients with male-factor infertility referred to Alvand and Vali-e-Asr Infertility Centers, Tehran, Iran. All patients had azoospermia. Standard evaluation consisted of history and physical examination with ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether in congenital unilateral cryptorchidism the growth of a spontaneously descended testis is normal, compared with the contralateral scrotal testis or similar to the growth of testes that failed to descend spontaneously and later underwent orchidopexy. METHODS: Ninety-one boys with congenital unilateral cryptorchidism with later spontaneous descent of the initiall...

BACKGROUND Unilateral orchidectomy in monkeys increases spermatogenesis in the remaining testis in association with elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion and testicular testosterone. The present study examined the relative importance of FSH and testosterone in driving the primate testis toward its spermatogenic ceiling. METHODS Adult male rhesus monkeys were treated with a gon...

A 29-year old male and his wife presented with an 18 month history of primary infertility. History and initial investigations suggested no major female pathologic component but a semen analysis revealed azoospermia. There was no history of any sexual dysfunction and neither partner was receiving any medication. Clinical examination revealed normal secondary sexual characteristics. Both testicle...

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The presence of a varicocele has been associated with decrease in testicular volume both in adult and pediatric patients. However, a study on the effect of varicocelectomy on testicular volume in the adult varicocele patient has never been reported. We determined the testicular volume before and after varicocelectomy in 52 patients with varicocele. A significant increase in testicular volume wi...

The control of seasonal reproductive activity in sheep and goats in open sheds, needs extra-light (E) during the photosensitive phase (equivalent to long days, LD), followed by treatment with melatonin (equivalent to short days, SD). In autumn-born Ile-de-France or Lacaune ram lambs, 2 months of E followed by decreasing daylength for 90 days, advanced onset of the first breeding season by allow...

OBJECTIVE To investigate: 1) the impact of clinical varicocele on reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in neat and washed semen in a proven fertile population; and 2) the correlation between ROS levels, testicular volume, and varicocele grade in the same population of fertile men. DESIGN Prospective controlled clinical study. SETTING Andrology laboratory at tertiary-care hospital. PATIENT...

The testis shows physiologic uptake in flourine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of FDG uptake of normal testis on PET/computed tomography (CT), especially in relationship to various clinical parameters. We obtained the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and the mean standardized uptake value (SUVmea...