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Sexual disorders in infertile men
When an andrological factor is the sole cause of infertility, male patients report appreciable impairments to their personal and sexual life quality even if they already have
children
(Smith et al. 2009)
A study on 206 infertile couples (compared to 190 fertile couples) could show that diagnosed male infertility correlated with the lowest average intimate life satisfaction, both in the
groups of women and men
(Drosdzol et al. 2009)
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Infertility diagnosis and men (I)
Every 9th men was unable to produce the sperm needed for a second spermiogram after having been told about sperm-
quality deficits identified in the first
In every 16th ART cycle, the man was unable to produce a
sperm sample before IVF
(Saleh et al. 2003)
(Doyle et al. 2016, Pottinger et al. 2016)
New onset erectile dysfunctions were reported by 26% of men after unsuccessful TESE compared with 0.4% of men in a
group after successful TESE
(Akbal et al. 2010)
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