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Characterization of patients presenting with male factor infertility in an equal access, no cost medical system.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVES:Demographic information on patients presenting for the diagnosis and treatment of male factor infertility has been limited in the past by the paucity of subspecialty trained providers and concentrated sequential patient information. Previously reported studies looking at the characteristics of patients being evaluated for male subfertility may represent a selected subset of patients able to access these services. The changes in the diagnostic modalities available in the 1990s and new diagnostic categories may also affect the characterization of patients seen with the diagnosis of male factor infertility. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed using a centralized database of patient records at a single military male infertility clinic. Seven hundred consecutive patients were studied to obtain information on patient and spouse age, race, length of subfertile period, medical history and examination, and laboratory evaluation. A single provider categorized the etiology of male factor infertility after the evaluation. RESULTS:The mean patient age was 36 years (range 17 to 68). The mean spouse age was 31.2 years (range 19 to 50). The mean subfertile period was 5.5 years (range 0.5 to 35). Of the 700 patients, 51% were white, 10% African American, 2% Hispanic, and 37% other/unknown. Eleven percent of the patients were active smokers. The most common etiologic category groups describing male subfertility were previous vasectomy (56%), varicocele (14%), idiopathic infertility (8%), and nonobstructive azoospermia (6%). CONCLUSIONS:An equal access, no cost medical system mirrors the demographics of the military population served. The clinical characteristics of patients presenting with male factor infertility have changed significantly during the past 30 years. Obstruction from a previous vasectomy is now the most common presenting complaint of patients visiting an infertility clinic. Vasectomy reversal may be more frequently requested when the cost is not a factor in providing fertility services. Idiopathic male factor infertility occurs in less than 10% of patients.

journal_name

Urology

journal_title

Urology

authors

Costabile RA,Spevak M

doi

10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01400-5

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1021-4

issue

eissn

0090-4295

issn

1527-9995

pii

S0090429501014005

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Characterization of patients presenting with male factor infertility in an equal access, no cost medical system.