Editorial · pages 75–78
Testicular Biopsy in Male Infertility (Study of 80 Cases)
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U.R. Parikh, H.M. Goswami, K.J. Deliwala, A.M. Shah, H.P. Barot. Testicular Biopsy in Male Infertility (Study of 80 Cases). J Int Med Sci Acad. 2012;25(2):75–78.
Opening of the article
Infertility is one of the major problems in developed as well as many developing countries. About fifteen percent of all marriages face the problem of infertility. A study of semen analysis and testicular biopsy was done in 80 infertile male. History of smoking was encountered in 29 (34.12 %) cases, 56 (70 %) patients were clinically normal in terms of testis and scrotum. Varicocele (41.67 %) was the most common positive clinical finding responsible for infertility.
Keywords
Azoospermia, Oligospermia, Sertoli cell only syndrome (SCOS)