This case-based guide is written from the clinician's perspective dealing with a defined male
infertility problem tracing the actual clinical pathway arriving at the diagnosis and
discussing the treatment options and the likely outcome. Rather than focusing on excessive
theoretical details each chapter presents a unique clinical vignette or scenario the relevant
aspects of which are followed throughout the entire chapter correlating specific fertility
issues with clinical findings describing treatment options prognoses and procedures (when
indicated) and concluding with practical clinical pearls. Opening with chapters describing
current diagnoses of male infertility and semen analysis the subsequent cases presented cover
a variety of relevant topics in male infertility including anabolic steroid use ejaculatory
and erectile dysfunction azoospermia Klinefelter Syndrome varicocele cystic fibrosis and
spinal cord injury. Additional chapters discuss choosing the right assisted conception
technique and developing and managing a sperm bank. Practical and illustrative of a wide array
of male fertility issues The Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Infertility is a go-to resource
for clinical andrologists reproductive endocrinologists urologists primary care physicians
and any professional working to treat the infertile male.
