Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?/Masturbasyon Sikligi Sperm Parametrelerini Etkiler mi?

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between male infertility and masturbation habits of patients who cannot provide a sperm sample. Materials and Methods: A total of 48 male patients aged 22-44 years who presented with complaints of primary infertility were included in the study. Patients who me...

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Published in:Journal of urological surgery 2020-09, Vol.7 (3)
Main Authors: Turgut, Hasan, Ozgur, Guner Kemal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Masturbation
Medical research
Sperm
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the relationship between male infertility and masturbation habits of patients who cannot provide a sperm sample. Materials and Methods: A total of 48 male patients aged 22-44 years who presented with complaints of primary infertility were included in the study. Patients who met the study criteria were requested to provide a spermiogram sample after a 3-7-days abstention from sexual relations. Sperm samples were surgically taken from patients who could not provide a sperm sample and pathology results of the samples from the testes were assessed. Patients with a surgically obtained sperm sample were named Group 1 and patients with no live cells found group 2. According to the parametric conditions of the data, the Independent Samples t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test were applied (p
ISSN:2148-9580
2148-9580
DOI:10.4274/jus.galenos.2020.3097