Male factor infertility plays a role in approximately 30% of infertility cases. Various causes of male factor infertility exist including congenital, acquired, idiopathic, or environmental factors. Identifying the underlying etiology of male factor infertility is a key step toward providing appropriate counseling, effective treatment options, and improving outcomes for couples with infertility. Although the recent advances and developments in assisted reproductive technology have undoubtedly improved fertility outcomes, clinicians must understand the scope of reproductive urologists in the evaluation and treatment of male infertility to provide comprehensive counseling, appropriate referral, comprehensive evaluation, and correct surgical sperm retrieval techniques when needed.
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America. 2023 Sep 01 [Epub]
Nihar Rama, Hernan Lescay, Omer Raheem
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA., Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: .