Office Andrology

The investigation and management of male infertility can be a formidable diagnostic challenge to family physicians, urologists, and reproductive specialists alike. In Office Andrology, noted clinical physicians and scientists have joined forces to create a comprehensive resource guide to current diagnostic and treatment options for a broad spectrum of clinical issues relevant to male infertility disorders. Topics covered range from basic sperm biology and male reproductive endocrinology, to immunology, specialized sperm testing, and the genetic background to male infertility. Although emphasis is on the investigation, diagnostic testing, and management of the infertile male, controversial medical and surgical treatment options are also fully discussed. For the reproductive specialist, the text thoughtfully reviews such timely issues as gender selection, human immunodeficiency virus-discordance couples, and posthumous reproduction. Other topics of interest include laboratory accreditation, vasectomy reversal, ethical and legal considerations of donor insemination, optimizing success in a donor insemination program, and strategic therapies for ejaculatory disorders and erectile dysfunction in infertile men.
Authoritative and highly practical, Office Andrology offers both general practitioners and specialists a concise yet comprehensive desktop reference for answering the complex questions surrounding the evaluation and treatment of male reproductive disorders.
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Essentials of Sperm Biology
Sharon T. Mortimer

Endocrinology of Male Infertility
R. Dale McClure

Sperm Preparation for Insemination
Grace M. Centola

Specialized Sperm Testing: Pros and Cons
Kirk C. Lo, Aron Johnson, Larry I. Lipshultz, and Dolores J. Lamb

Genetic Testing for Male Infertility
Robert D. Oates

Optimizing Success in a Donor Insemination Program
Phillip E. Patton

Ethical and Legal Considerations of Donor Insemination in the United States
Karen E. Adams

Laboratory Accreditation
William Byrd

Office Evaluation of Male Infertility
Darius A. Paduch and Eugene F. Fuchs

Varicocele and Infertility
Ulrike Zenke and Paul Turek

Strategic Therapies for Ejaculatory Disorders and Erectile Dysfunction in the Infertile Man
Mustafa F. Usta and Wayne J. G. Hellstrom

Vasectomy Reversal
Eugene F. Fuchs and Darius A. Paduch

Infection and Male Infertility
Emmett F. Branigan

Obstructive and Nonobstructive Azoospermia
Kinloch Nelson and Peter Schlegel

Testis Biopsy and the Infertile Male
Sherman J. Silber

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: The Process, the Outcomes, and the Controversies
David E. Battaglia

Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Discordant Couples
Joseph E. Pena and Mark V. Sauer

Sperm and Egg Retrieval for Posthumous Reproduction: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Considerations
Lisa V. Brock and Anna C. Mastroianni

Gender Selection: Separating Fact From Fiction
David S. Karabinus and Keith L. Blauer

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"This volume part of the Series Contemporary Endocrinology, discusses male infertility, a problem often raised already in childhood by the parents, or later by the adolescent himself. ... are of interest also to the pediatricians, such as genetic testing of male infertility, ethical considerations in donor insemination, evaluation of infertility, testis biopsy and preconcepts on gender selection (a new medical issue)." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 4 (3), March, 2007)

"This is a highly practical book offering practictioners a complete overview fo the management of male reproductive diseases." -European Urology Today
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"This volume part of the Series Contemporary Endocrinology, discusses male infertility, a problem often raised already in childhood by the parents, or later by the adolescent himself. ... are of interest also to the pediatricians, such as genetic testing of male infertility, ethical considerations in donor insemination, evaluation of infertility, testis biopsy and preconcepts on gender selection (a new medical issue)." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 4 (3), March, 2007)


"This is a highly practical book offering practictioners a complete overview fo the management of male reproductive diseases." -European Urology Today
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