Male infertility: etiologic factors in 385 consecutive cases.
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.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000150:complications; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D013073:Sperm Agglutination; D013737:Testis / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications