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Male infertility and its treatment: A review of over 4700 patients treated for male related infertility

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Changes in semen parameters are presented for 4708 patients treated for infertility. The largest group comprised patients with oligoasthenozoospermia of various grades (57.7%). Improvement in the seminal state was noted in 70.3%. The percentage of achieved normospermia increased proportionally to the initial semen state. Pregnancy rate also increased proportionally to the initial seminal state.

Among the patients' wives 20.4% conceived: 28.2% of these pregnancies had occurred after having achieved normospermia, while in 71.8% the seminal states were still below the accepted normal values.

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  1. Andrological Ward, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Urology, Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland

    Z. Janczewski, L. Bablok, A. Smith, M. Czaplicki & S. Fr⇂cki

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Janczewski, Z., Bablok, L., Smith, A. et al. Male infertility and its treatment: A review of over 4700 patients treated for male related infertility. International Urology and Nephrology 22, 161–165 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549835

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