Causes and studies of male sterility in an urban French Canadian population
Behamdouni, M.; Mauffette, F.; Perreault, J.P.; Faucher, R.
L'Union Medicale du Canada 106(5): 695-699
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-6959 PMID: 867610 Document Number: 122187
The causes of sterility were examined in 98 French-speaking males 20-41 years of age at a Montreal hospital. 59 submitted to testicular biopsy and 31 received more complete hormonal workups. The etiologies were: congenital, 11; hormonal, 0; acquired, 14; varicocele, 31; duct obstruction, 1; immunologic, 0; and idiopathic, 41. Hypospermatogenesis (25%) and hyalinization (22%) were the most common biopsy findings. Urinary follicle stimulating hormone was notably elevated in both the azoospermic and oligospermic patients studied. Clinical procedures for investigating male infertility and notes on the interpretation of the spermogram are given in the discussion section.