| Popis: |
With the recognition of the importance of the male factor in barren marriages, much of the energy of infertility studies during recent years has been correspondingly diverted toward overcoming this obstacle. Although the beneficial possibilities of tubular regeneration by prolonged testosterone therapy, as noted by Heller and co-workers, 1 is worthy of note, hormonal therapy in the infertile male, with the exception of desiccated thyroid, has in general proved futile in the attempt to produce a more potent semen. As a result, certain mechanical therapeutic measures have been adopted in an effort to afford the maximum possibility of fertilization in the presence of any semen deficiencies. Oligospermia has been the particular target of mechanical aid. Two methods are used. Both employ the principle of semen concentration. The first involves removal of the spermatozoa from the semen by dilution with Locke's solution and a subsequent process of centrifugation and decantation. In |
