MALE-INFERTILITY - EVALUATION AND NONSURGICAL THERAPY

Male infertility is a complicated and often poorly understood patholog ic process. The cause of a man's infertility frequently remains unknow n even after a thorough evaluation. Many of the currently available me dical therapeutic options are empirical and lack documentation of effi cacy. New diagnostic tests are emerging that may help define some prev iously obscure causes of infertility. Only when these abnormalities ha ve been clearly identified will more specific and cost-effective treat ment regimens be instituted.