Male infertility diagnosis and treatment in the era of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection

MM Pan, MS Hockenberry, EW Kirby… - Medical …, 2018 - medical.theclinics.com
Each year more than seven million couples worldwide seek evaluation for the inability to
conceive a child, a problem that affects approximately 15% of couples. 1, 2 Among these
couples, a male factor contributing to infertility is present in up to half, and onethird of these
cases can be attributed to a male factor alone. However, 27% of these men are never
evaluated and examined as the potential cause for infertility. 1, 3 Both the American Urologic
Association and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine recommend the routine …