Disturbances in Male Fertility / Edition 1

by K. Bandhauer, G. Bartsch, J. Frick, D.M. de Kretser

Overview

Impending famine and a terrifying rate of consumption of natural resources are vital issues which have focussed public interest in the ecologic, social and political problems of ever increasing overpopulation in many countries of the world. As well as the vast material and intellectual expenditure lavished on family planning and birth control, the past decade has seen an immense research effort in the elaboration of improved methods of fertility control, both for men and for women. During the same period, however, research into the causes of male fertility disorders has proceeded with equal intensity, and a number of promising therapeutic approaches have become the subject of clinical trials. The wish of an individual or of a couple to have offspring is an absolute which requires no further justification, and there can be few challenges to a physician as essential as the spouses' predicament in a childless marriage. Only with a special knowledge of the function, pathology and pathophysiology of the reproductive system is he properly equipped to meet that challenge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642651199
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Series:	Handbuch der Urologie Encyclopedia of Urology Encyclopedie d'Urologie , #16
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Anatomical and Functional Aspects of the Male Reproductive Organs.- A. Testis.- B. Anatomy of the Male Reproductive Tract and Accessory Glands.- References.- Quantitative Morphology of the Prostate and Epididymis.- A. Introduction.- B. Theoretical Basis of Stereology.- C. Ventral Prostatic Lobe of the Rat.- D. Dog Prostate (Normal and Spontaneous Hyperplasia).- E. Human Prostate.- F. Epididymis.- G. Conclusion and Outlook.- References.- Etiology of Fertility Disturbances in Man.- A. Introduction.- B. Primary Testicular Failure.- C. Secondary Testicular Failure.- D. Extratesticular Disturbances of Male Fertility.- References.- Male Fertility Disorders — History and Clinical Examination.- A. History.- B. Clinical Examination.- References.- Semen Analysis.- A. Introduction.- B. Collection of the Ejaculate.- C. Sexual Abstinence Before Collection of the Ejaculate.- D. Examination of the Ejaculate.- E. Microscopic Examination.- F. Normal Values.- G. Outlook.- References.- Testicular Biopsy.- A. Introduction.- B. Technique.- C. Histologic Evaluation of the Testicular Biopsy.- References.- Radiologic Investigation of Male Fertility Disorders.- A. Demonstration of Patency in the Spermatic Tract.- B. Imaging of Glandular Structures.- C. Assessment of Urethral Abnormalities.- D. Phlebography of Varicoceles.- References.- Endocrine Evalution of Male Fertility Disorders.- A. Introduction.- B. Hormone Base Levels.- C. Dynamic Tests.- D. Usefulness of Hormonal Tests for Selection of Patients for Gonadotropin Therapy.- References.- Neurology of Male Fertility Disorders.- A. Anatomic and Physiologic Basis.- B. Neurologic Disturbances of Genital Function.- C. Neurologic Assessment.- D. Synopsis of Neurologic Disturbances of Potency.- References.- Immunologic Causes of Male FertilityDisorders.- A. Antigenicity.- B. Antibodies in Male Fertility Disorders.- C. Diagnosis of Immunologic Fertility Disorders.- D. Generation of Antibodies.- E. Vasectomy and Sperm Antibodies.- F. Treatment of Immunologic Fertility Disorders in Men.- References.- Treatment of Male Infertility.- A. Hormonal Treatment of Male Infertility.- B. Nonhormonal Treatment of Male Infertility (Excluding Surgical Interventions).- References.- Operative Therapy of Male Infertility.- A. Varicocele.- B. Vas-Epididymis Anastomosis.- C. Artificial Spermaele.- D. Vas-Vas Anastomosis.- References.- Artificial Insemination and Semen Preservation.- A. Artificial Homologous Insemination.- B. Artificial Donor Insemination.- C. Semen Preservation.- References.- Male Contraception.- A. Introduction.- B. The Need for Fertility Control.- C. Different Methods of Male Fertility Control.- D. New Aspects for the Future.- References.- Impotence.- A. Abnormalities of Erection.- B. Abnormalities of Ejaculation.- Functional Sexual Disorders in the Male.- References.- Male Climacteric?.- A. Introduction.- B. Diagnosis and Management.- References.