Specialized sperm function tests in varicocele and the future of andrology laboratory

A Majzoub, SC Esteves, J Gosálvez… - Asian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Varicocele is a common medical condition entangled with many controversies. Though it is
highly prevalent in men with infertility, still it marks its presence in males who do have …

The impact of antisperm antibodies on human male reproductive function: an update

AF Silva, J Ramalho-Santos, S Amaral - Reproduction, 2021 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Immune infertility occurs due to the presence of antisperm antibodies (ASA). This type of
infertility has a relatively low prevalence (2.6–6.6% in infertile men), and its etiology, risk …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of coexisting sperm DNA fragmentation and seminal oxidative stress on the outcome of varicocelectomy in infertile patients: a prospective …

SA Abdelbaki, JH Sabry, AM Al-Adl, HH Sabry - Arab journal of urology, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To study the relationship between sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) and reactive
oxygen species (ROS) levels in infertile patients with varicocele, and to examine the …

[HTML][HTML] Does varicocele repair improve conventional semen parameters? A meta-analytic study of before-after data

R Cannarella, R Shah, TAAAM Hamoda… - The World Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The purpose of this meta-analysis is to study the impact of varicocele repair in the
largest cohort of infertile males with clinical varicocele by including all available studies, with …

Pathogenesis of autoimmune male infertility: Juxtacrine, paracrine, and endocrine dysregulation

VA Chereshnev, SV Pichugova, YB Beikin… - Pathophysiology, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to global data, there is a male reproductive potential decrease. Pathogenesis of
male infertility is often associated with autoimmunity towards sperm antigens essential for …

[HTML][HTML] Immune infertility in men

S Leathersich, RJ Hart - Fertility and Sterility, 2022 - Elsevier
Male factors are implicated as the cause of roughly half of cases of infertility, and the
presence of antisperm antibodies (ASA) may be responsible for some of these. Their …

[PDF][PDF] Varicocelectomy improves sperm parameters, sperm DNA integrity as well as the other critical semen features.

Y Nakonechnyi, A Nakonechnyi, M Fraczek… - Journal of Physiology …, 2022 - jpp.krakow.pl
Varicocele is a major entity defined within male infertility. In this report we have studied the
influence of laparoscopic varicocelectomy on semen quality, biochemical parameters of …

Nomogram for predicting semen parameters improvement after microscopic varicocelectomy in infertile men with abnormal semen parameters

X Liu, D Liu, C Pan, H Su - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objectives: Information on the prediction of improved semen parameters following
varicocelectomy is scarce and mostly contradictory. Therefore, we developed and validated …

The impact of age on fertility rate in patients who underwent microsurgical varicocelectomy

MS Bolat, F Kocamanoglu, M Gulsen, M Sengul… - Andrologia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Impacts of a subinguinal microsurgical varicocelectomy on the sperm parameters and fertility
rates were investigated in three different ages according to their age at the time of the …

Anti-sperm Antibodies as an Increasing Threat to Male Fertility: Immunological Insights, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

AG Mukherjee, AV Gopalakrishnan - Reproductive Sciences, 2024 - Springer
It is a fact that sperm possess antigenic properties. Substantial scientific research suggests
that specific antibodies that attach to sperm antigens can induce infertility in both humans …