Male infertility: etiologic factors in 385 consecutive cases

Andrologia. 1982 Jul-Aug;14(4):333-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1982.tb02273.x.

Abstract

During a three years period, evaluation of etiologic factors in 385 consecutive infertile men revealed chronic prostato-vesiculitis as the commonest cause (25.7%) followed by varicocele (21.8%). In 77% of the patients with chronic prostatitis the authors found a decreased spermatozoa motility rate. AN obstruction of the sperm duct was found in 7,8%, autoagglutination in 5.7%. Idiopathic infertility was diagnosed in 10.9% of the patients. The significance of these findings and the contributions of other causes in this series are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cryptorchidism / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Male / etiology*
  • Male
  • Prostatitis / complications
  • Semen / analysis
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / complications
  • Sperm Agglutination
  • Testis / abnormalities
  • Testis / pathology
  • Varicocele / complications