Prior Surgeries and Medications

Certain urological surgeries may reduce the number of sperm, or prevent having sperm in your ejaculate completely. These surgeries include vasectomy, scrotal or testicular surgeries, prostate surgeries, and large abdominal surgeries performed for testicular and rectal cancers, among others. The same result can come from certain medications – Testosterone replacement therapy, long-term anabolic steroid use, some ulcer drugs, some arthritis drugs and certain other medications can impair sperm production and decrease male fertility. In some cases, surgery, radiation or chemotherapy to treat tumors can also affect male fertility. 

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Klinefelter syndrome (Klinefelter’s)

The genetic material which determines human characteristics, such as eye color, height, etc, is carried in sets of what are known as chromosomes.  Normally, humans

Scraping Frozen Sperm

Partial thawing of a vial of cryopreserved sperm (or shaving) is sometimes applied as a measure to preserve sperm for further use, particularly in cases

IMSSI

Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection, or IMSI, is the term used to describe the selection of a specific, high quality sperm cell for injection into

Chemotherapy & Infertility

The hallmark of a cancer cell, and what distinguishes it from many other cell types, is that it continuously divides. This is the quality that

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