Male Infertility Guideline

Khawla Hospital

Acronyms:

ART

Assisted Reproductive Technique

SIA

Semen analysis

NOA

Non-obstructive azoospermia

OA

Obstructive azoospermia

OAT

0 ligo-Astheno-Teratospermia

mTEST

Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction

ICSI

Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection

IUI

Intra-Uterine Insemination

RPL

Recurrent pregnancy Loss

IVF

In Vitro Fertilization

CFTR

Cystic Fibrosis Trans-membrane conductance Regulator

VD

Vas Deferens

CBAVD

Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens

CUAVD

Congenital Unilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens

1 - Definitions

1.1 Male infertility: the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse

1.2 Primary male infertility: male who has never initiated a clinical pregnancy and meet the criteria of being classified as infertile.

1.3 Secondary infertility: a couple where the man is unable to initiate a clinical pregnancy but who had previously initiated a clinical pregnancy (with the same or different sexual partner)

1.4 RPL: two or more failed pregnancies.

1.5 Azoospermia: absence of sperms in ejaculate

1.6 Oligospermia: sperm concentration less than 15 million/ml

1.7 Severe Oligospermia: sperm concentration less than 5 million/ ml

1.8 Pyospermia: white blood cells more than 1 million / ml

1.9 Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism: is secondary hypogonadism