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Male infertility

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Undescended testes: Diagnosis and timely treatment in Australia (1995–2014) [2017]
  • Male infertility – The other side of the equation [2017]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Undescended testes: What general practitioners need to know [2019]

• Healthy Male
  • Male Infertility [2020]

Brazil

• International Brazilian Journal of Urology
  • Concise practice recommendations for the provision of andrological services and assisted reproductive technology for male infertility patients during the SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil [2020]
  • Decline in semen quality among infertile men in Brazil during the past 10 years [2015]

Canada

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Male factor infertility: Initial workup and diagnosis in primary care [2021]
  • Practical approach to evaluating testicular status in infants and children [2017]

• Canadian Urological Association
  • Canadian Urological Association-Pediatric Urologists of Canada (CUA-PUC) guideline for the diagnosis, management, and followup of cryptorchidism [2017]

China

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • Couple's infertility in relation to male smoking in a Chinese rural area [2016]
  • The reference values for semen parameters of 1213 fertile men in Guangdong Province in China [2014]

Estonia

• Andrology
  • Prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism in Estonia [2022]

Europe

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • Misconceptions about falling sperm counts and fertility in Europe [2013]

• European Academy of Andrology
  • European Academy of Andrology guideline Management of oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia [2018]
  • EAA/EMQN best practice guidelines for molecular diagnosis of Y-chromosomal microdeletions: state-of-the-art 2013 [2014]

• European Society of Urogenital Radiology
  • Ultrasound evaluation of varicoceles: systematic literature review and rationale of the ESUR-SPIWG Guidelines and Recommendations [2020]

• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Male Reproductive Disorders, Diseases, and Costs of Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the European Union [2015]

Finland

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • Finland is following the trend—sperm quality in Finnish men [2013]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Undescended Testis Guideline—Is it Being Implemented in Practice? [2014]
  • The Timing of Surgery for Undescended Testis [2014]

• JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
  • Basic diagnostics in andrology [2013]

India

• Indian Journal of Urology
  • The Urological Society of India guidelines for the management of male infertility (Executive Summary) [2023]

• International Journal of Fertility & Sterility
  • Y Chromosomal Microdeletion Screening in The Workup of Male Infertility and Its Current Status in India [2014]

International

• Andrologia
  • Sperm DNA fragmentation testing: Summary evidence and clinical practice recommendations [2021]

• Andrology
  • The environmental and occupational influence of pesticides on male fertility: A systematic review of human studies [2022]
  • The current status and future of andrology: A consensus report from the Cairo workshop group [2020]

• Arab Journal of Urology
  • Prediction of male infertility by the World Health Organization laboratory manual for assessment of semen analysis: A systematic review [2018]

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • The significance of clinical practice guidelines on adult varicocele detection and management [2016]
  • A systematic review of clinical practice guidelines and best practice statements for the diagnosis and management of varicocele in children and adolescents [2015]

• BioMed Research International
  • Impacts of Outdoor Air Pollution on Human Semen Quality: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review [2020]

• BJS Open
  • Timing of paediatric orchidopexy in universal healthcare systems: international administrative data cohort study [2020]

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
  • Comparison of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for undescended testis [2020]

• F1000Research
  • "Am I Masculine?" A metasynthesis of qualitative studies on traditional masculinity on infertility [2023]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • The diagnosis of male infertility: an analysis of the evidence to support the development of global WHO guidance—challenges and future research opportunities [2017]

• International Brazilian Journal of Urology
  • Best urological practices on testing and management of infertile men with abnormal sperm DNA fragmentation levels: the SFRAG guidelines [2021]

• International Journal of General Medicine
  • Causes and Risk Factors for Male Infertility: A Scoping Review of Published Studies [2022]

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The Influence of Male Ejaculatory Abstinence Time on Pregnancy Rate, Live Birth Rate and DNA Fragmentation: A Systematic Review [2023]

• Society for Translational Medicine
  • The Society for Translational Medicine: clinical practice guidelines for sperm DNA fragmentation testing in male infertility [2017]

• World Journal of Men's Health
  • The Renaissance of Male Infertility Management in the Golden Age of Andrology [2023]
  • Controversy and Consensus on Indications for Sperm DNA Fragmentation Testing in Male Infertility: A Global Survey, Current Guidelines, and Expert Recommendations [2023]
  • Consensus and Diversity in the Management of Varicocele for Male Infertility: Results of a Global Practice Survey and Comparison with Guidelines and Recommendations [2023]
  • Antisperm Antibody Testing: A Comprehensive Review of Its Role in the Management of Immunological Male Infertility and Results of a Global Survey of Clinical Practices [2022]
  • Sperm Morphology Assessment in the Era of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: Reliable Results Require Focus on Standardization, Quality Control, and Training [2021]
  • Sperm DNA Fragmentation: A Critical Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines [2021]
  • Sperm DNA Fragmentation: A New Guideline for Clinicians [2020]
  • Male Fertility and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review of the Literature [2020]
  • Male Oxidative Stress Infertility (MOSI): Proposed Terminology and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Idiopathic Male Infertility [2019]
  • Review of Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Leukocytospermia in Male Infertility [2018]

Iran

• Acta Medica Iranica
  • Frequency and epidemiologic aspects of male infertility [2015]

• International Journal of Reproductive Biomedicine
  • The factors affecting male infertility: A systematic review [2021]
  • Basic and clinical genetic studies on male infertility in Iran during 2000-2016: A review [2018]

• Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
  • Frequency of Y Chromosome Microdeletions Among Iranian Infertile Men with Azoospermia and Severe Oligozoospermia: A Meta-analysis [2016]

Italy

• Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection, male fertility and sperm cryopreservation: a position statement of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) (Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità) [2020]

Low and middle income countries

• Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn
  • Simplified sperm testing devices: a possible tool to overcome lack of accessibility and inconsistency in male factor infertility diagnosis. An opportunity for low- and middle- income countries [2021]

Malawi

• Anthropology & Medicine
  • ‘At the hospital I learnt the truth’: diagnosing male infertility in rural Malawi [2014]

Middle East, North Africa

• F1000Research
  • The genetic causes of male infertility: a Middle East and North Africa perspective [2022]

Netherlands

• Human Reproduction
  • Total motile sperm count: a better indicator for the severity of male factor infertility than the WHO sperm classification system [2015]

Nigeria, South Africa

• Scientific Reports
  • Trends in semen parameters of infertile men in South Africa and Nigeria [2023]

Poland

• Endokrynologia Polska
  • Recommendations on the diagnosis of male infertility — genetic testing [2020]

Republic of Korea

• Chonnam Medical Journal
  • Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Varicocele: A Survey of Pediatric Urologists in Korea [2016]

• Korean Journal of Urology
  • Semen parameters from 2002 to 2013 in Korea young population: A preliminary report [2015]

Switzerland

• Andrology
  • Semen quality of young men in Switzerland: a nationwide cross-sectional population-based study [2019]

United Kingdom

• UK National Screening Committee
  • Cryptorchidism

United States

• American College of Radiology
  • Hematospermia

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • Evaluation of the azoospermic male: a committee opinion [2018]
  • Diagnostic evaluation of sexual dysfunction in the male partner in the setting of infertility: a committee opinion [2018]
  • Male Fertility/Andrology

• American Urological Association
  • Diagnosis and treatment of infertility in men: AUA/ASRM guideline part I [2021]
  • Evaluation and treatment of cryptorchidism: AUA guideline [2014]

• Asian Journal of Andrology
  • Insurance coverage for male infertility care in the United States [2016]

• F1000Research
  • Barriers to implementation of guidelines for the diagnosis and management of undescended testis [2019]

• Journal of Pediatric Urology
  • Timely orchiopexy by 18 months of age: Are we meeting the standards defined by the 2014 AUA guidelines? [2022]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen. Sixth edition [2021]
  • WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen. Fifth edition [2010]

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