Rukhsana Sheikh, Nasreen Fatima, Samreen Iqbal.
Abnormalities of Semen in Infertile Couples.
J Surg Pak Jan ;20(4):123-7.

Objective: To determine the frequency of abnormality of semen in infertile couples presenting to a tertiary care hospital. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place & Duration of study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit II (ward-9) Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, from January 2012 to June 2012. Methodology: Sixty male members of infertile couples with ages between 18 – 50 year, who were referred to infertility clinic included in this study. After five days of sexual abstinence, patient’s semen analysis was done according to the WHO protocol. Results: The mean age of the patients was 33.32±6.04 year. Abnormality of semen was found in 18(30%) cases. Out of this azoospermia was found in one (1.7%), oligozoospermia in three (5%) and asthenozoospermia in 14(23.3%) men. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that abnormal semen quality was a major factor of infertility in present cohort. The most common abnormality was poor motility of sperms.

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