Male Subfertility; Challenges and advancement in the andrology clinic at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Male infertility, challenges, advances, developing countries.Abstract
Objective: This study is aimed to discuss the challenges in dealing the infertile male and advances in the treatment of male infertility.
Material and methods: The study included infertile male patients who presented to andrology outpatient as primary or secondary infertility between December 2018 and January 2021. The data detailed different aspects of challenges and advances in male infertility treatment. The data analysisone with SPSS.
Results: Total 289 patients included, most of them (74%) presented as primary infertility and a quarter presented as secondary infertility. The mean delay in presentation was 6.8 years which were due to treatment from non-andrologist doctors of different specialities (53.9%), hakims (15.2%), quacks (13.8%), gynaecologists (10.3%) and some were reluctant to tell their problem (6.5%). The diagnosis was N.O.A (42.9%), unexplained infertility (24.2%), varicocele (22.8%), OA (6.2%), OAT syndrome (2.7%) and CABVD (1%). Different treatment option opted were vasography plus vasovasostomy or vasoepididmostomy (31.1%), ART (23.9%), MSV (22.8%) and medical treatment (22.1%). Vasography plus vasovasostomy or vasoepididmostomy and medical treatment were the available options provided. There was no ART facility and those who were counseled for referral either their unwillingness or cost resulted in a hurdle in their provision.
Conclusion: There are still a number of challenges in treating infertile men. Recently provision of medical and microsurgical treatment at andrology clinic resulted in proper treatment of a large number of infertile men who previously received treatment from un- related facilities.
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