Ambreen Khalid, Naim Ahmad Nizami, Khalid Rahim Khan.
Contribution of Male Factor in Infertility in a sample of local population of Pakistan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(2):492-4.

Aim: To find out contribution of male factor responsible for infertility among infertile Pakistani couples and to detect the abnormalities of seminal parameters among infertile male subjects. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Physiology Department, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Two hundred infertile males fulfilling the inclusion criteria and visited the infertility clinics of Combined Military Hospital and General Hospital, Lahore were chosen for the research. Thorough history was taken relevant physical examination, scrotal ultrasound and semen analysis of all subjects were performed. Results: Among males, the infertility factor was identified in 30.5% on the basis of semen analysis, while 53% suffered from unexplained infertility . Two groups emerged by Semen analysis of 200 men from infertile couples, first group comprised of men (101) with normal semen parameters and men (99) with abnormal semen parameters. These men analysis of these 99 infertile males revealed that Asthenozoospermia (31.3%) is the most common abnormality of semen parameters followed by Oligospermia (23.2%), Tertozoospermia (20.2%) and Azoospermia (19.2%). There was non-significant difference found in the testicular volume, seminal volume, pH and viscosity among different groups emerged after semen analysis. Conclusion: The frequency of male factor infertility is quiet high among infertile couples, equally high is the frequency of unexplained infertility. It is high time to educate our males for undergoing semen analysis and other relevant thorough investigations to find out the cause of infertility to be successful in treating infertility.

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