Does infertility treatment increase male reproductive tract disorder?
| Autor: | Dong Ryul Lee, Tae Ki Yoon, Jin Choi, Jeong Kyoon Bang, Seung-Hun Song, Sang Woo Lyu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Infertility
Male medicine.medical_specialty Urology medicine.medical_treatment Birth weight Fertilization in Vitro Intracytoplasmic sperm injection Human reproduction Cryptorchidism medicine Humans Sperm Injections Intracytoplasmic reproductive and urinary physiology Retrospective Studies Gynecology Hypospadias urogenital system Obstetrics business.industry Gestational age Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Low birth weight embryonic structures medicine.symptom business therapeutics |
| Zdroj: | Urology. 81(3) |
| ISSN: | 1527-9995 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the association between assisted human reproduction and male reproductive disorders in infants conceived by this means. Materials and Methods Between January 2008 and December 2011, 15,332 neonates were born in our hospital. We assessed the birth weight, gestational age, and other characteristics of the 7752 male infants and determined the association between methods of conception and male reproductive disorders in the infants. We also analyzed the influence of male factor on the occurrence of these disorders. Results Ninety-nine newborns (1.3%) were diagnosed with cryptorchidism, 8 (0.1%) were diagnosed with hypospadias, and 4 (0.05%) were diagnosed with both. Cryptorchidism was more common in children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI; P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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