Full Description
A comprehensive and practice-oriented resource guide to currently available diagnostic and treatment options for male infertility disorders. Topics covered range from basic sperm biology and male reproductive endocrinology, to immunology, specialized sperm testing, and the genetic background to male infertility. The authors emphasize the investigation, diagnostic testing, and management of the infertile male, but also examine such timely issues as gender selection, HIV discordance couples, and posthumous reproduction. Other topics of interest include laboratory accreditation, vasectomy reversal, ethical and legal considerations of donor insemination, optimizing success in a donor insemination program, and strategic therapies for ejaculatory disorders and erectile dysfunction in infertile men.
Contents
Essentials of Sperm Biology.- Endocrinology of Male Infertility.- Sperm Preparation for Insemination.- Specialized Sperm Testing.- Genetic Testing for Male Infertility.- Optimizing Success in a Donor Insemination Program.- Ethical and Legal Considerations of Donor Insemination in the United States.- Laboratory Accreditation.- Office Evaluaton of Male Infertility.- Varicocele and Infertility.- Strategic Therapies for Ejaculatory Disorders and Erectile Dysfunction in the Infertile Man.- Vasectomy Reversal.- Infection and Male Infertility.- Obstructive and Nonobstructive Azoospermia.- Testis Biopsy and the Infertile Male.- Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.- Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Discordant Couples.- Sperm and Egg Retrieval for Posthumous Reproduction.- Gender Selection.
