Male infertility and gonadotropin treatment: What can we learn from real-world data?

SC Esteves, APP Achermann, M Simoni, D Santi… - Best Practice & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gonadotropin therapy to treat specific male infertility disorders associated with
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is evidence-based and effective in restoring …

Evolution of the World Health Organization semen analysis manual: where are we?

SC Esteves - Nature Reviews Urology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The WHO (World Health Organization) manuals provide state-of-the-art guidance
on how a semen analysis should be carried out. The much anticipated sixth edition of the …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical treatments for male infertility: a focus on lifestyle modifications and medicines

A Kaltsas, A Zachariou, F Dimitriadis, M Chrisofos… - Diseases, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: Male infertility is a prevalent issue impacting numerous couples
worldwide. This review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of empirical therapies for male …

[HTML][HTML] APHRODITE criteria: addressing male patients with hypogonadism and/or infertility owing to altered idiopathic testicular function

SC Esteves, P Humaidan, FM Ubaldi, C Alviggi… - Reproductive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Research question Can a novel classification system of the infertile male–'APHRODITE'(
Addressing male Patients with Hypogonadism and/or infeRtility Owing to altereD, Idiopathic …

Oxidative stress in assisted reproductive techniques, with a focus on an underestimated risk factor

P Mauchart, RA Vass, B Nagy, E Sulyok… - Current issues in …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Based on current findings, the presence of oxidative stress has a significant impact on the
quality of gametes and embryos when performing assisted reproductive techniques (ART) …

COVID-19 and Male Infertility: Is There a Role for Antioxidants?

T Kalfas, A Kaltsas, EN Symeonidis, A Symeonidis… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), jeopardizes male fertility because of the vulnerability of the …

On Males, Antioxidants and Infertility (MOXI): Certitudes, Uncertainties and Trends

M Alfaro Gómez, MR Fernández-Santos… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Male infertility (MI) involves various endogenous and exogenous facts. These include
oxidative stress (OS), which is known to alter several physiological pathways and it is …

[HTML][HTML] Controversy and consensus on the management of elevated sperm DNA fragmentation in male infertility: a global survey, current guidelines, and expert …

A Farkouh, A Agarwal, TAAAM Hamoda… - The world journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) has been associated with male infertility and poor
outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART). The purpose of this study was to …

Leukocytospermia and/or Bacteriospermia: Impact on Male Infertility

R Henkel - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Infertility is a globally underestimated public health concern affecting almost 190 million
people, ie, about 17.5% of people during their lifetime, while the prevalence of male factor …

Sperm chromatin assessment

A Agarwal, R Sharma - Textbook of assisted reproductive …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
In this context, sperm chromatin abnormalities have been studied extensively in past
decades as a cause of male infertility. The authors provide the rationale for sperm chromatin …