[Spermatogenesis at inguinal hernias].
Overall 87 patients aged 26-38 years with inguinal hernias were analyzed. Laboratory examinations of ejaculate, blood concentration of sex hormones and anti- spermatozoon autoantibodies were performed at all the patients. Examination of ejaculate demonstrated good fertility at 18 (20.7%) patients only. Other tests also demonstrated different pathology. These disorders were higher-grade at patients with two-sided hernias and long anamnesis. It is concluded that inguinal hernia leads to fertility disorders.
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D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology*