Clinical Update on Home Testing for Male Fertility

Male factor infertility accounts for about 50% of the incidence of infertility in couples. In current practice, the men must attend a clinic or hospital facility to provide a semen analysis, which is key to the diagnosis of the male reproductive potential. However, many men are often embarrassed wit...

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Published in:The world journal of men's health 2021, 39(4), , pp.615-625
Main Authors: Gonzalez, Daniel, Narasimman, Manish, Best, Jordan C, Ory, Jesse, Ramasamy, Ranjith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antigens
Compliance
Fertility
Infertility
Laboratories
male infertility
Morphology
Motility
Quality standards
Reproductive technologies
reproductive technology
Review
semen analysis
Sperm
sperm count
Vasectomy
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Summary:Male factor infertility accounts for about 50% of the incidence of infertility in couples. In current practice, the men must attend a clinic or hospital facility to provide a semen analysis, which is key to the diagnosis of the male reproductive potential. However, many men are often embarrassed with the process and conventional semen analysis requires complex, labor intensive inspection with a microscope. To mitigate these problems, one of the solutions can be at-home semen analysis. In this review we examine the literature of currently available at home semen analysis test kits, describe their limitations, and compare them to the conventional lab-based methods.
ISSN:2287-4208
2287-4690
DOI:10.5534/wjmh.200130