title: Effect of cryptorchidism and retractile testes on male factor infertility: a multicenter, retrospective, chart review.
abstract: This multicenter retrospective chart review study performed on 162 cryptorchid patients and on 34 subjects with retractile testes suggests that cryptorchidism and retractile testes can alter spermatogenesis, with more serious damage observed in bilateral cryptorchidism. This spermatogenetic impairment is probably related to the lack of an appropriate or timely surgical correction.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione Umana, I.R.C.C.S. S. de Bellis, Castellana Grotte (Ba), Italy. caroppo@teseo.it
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caroppo
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niederberger
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elhanbly
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schoor
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Amato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013076:Sperm Count / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology