title: Testicular injury: late results of semen analyses after uniorchiectomy.
abstract: Semen parameters from 4 patients with testicular injury after uniorchiectomy were investigated. Semen volume and sperm morphology were not affected after the operation, but sperm count and motility were severely diminished. Two of 4 cases showed azoospermia, and the other 2 cases showed low values in both sperm count and motility. After 150-300 days from the operation, 2 cases recovered to the normal range in sperm count while the other 2 remained in the abnormal range. In sperm motility, 3 cases recovered to the normal range but the rest remained abnormal. The results suggest that long-term follow-up in semen parameters is needed when unilateral orchiectomy is performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomomasa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yazaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umeda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009919:Orchiectomy; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013737:Testis / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery