- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- 9.1 Definitions and classification of disorders
- 9.2 Normal male endocrinology
- 9.3 Evaluation of the male patient with suspected hypogonadism and/or infertility
- 9.4 Male endocrinological disorders and male factor infertility
- 9.4.1 Congenital anorchia, acquired anorchia, testicular maldescent, and varicocele
- 9.4.2 Disturbed spermatogenesis
- 9.4.3 Klinefelter’s syndrome
- 9.4.4 XX male
- 9.4.5 XYY male
- 9.4.6 Structural chromosome abnormalities
- 9.4.7 Sequelae of extratesticular disease
- 9.4.8 Testicular tumours
- 9.4.9 Infections/inflammation of the genital tract
- 9.4.10 Obstructions
- 9.4.11 Immunological infertility
- 9.4.12 Idiopathic infertility
- 9.4.13 Treatment of hypogonadism and infertility
- 9.4.14 Insemination, in vitro fertilization, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- 9.4.15 Cryopreservation of sperm
- 9.4.16 Sexuality and erectile dysfunction
- 9.4.17 Gynaecomastia
- 9.4.18 Transsexualism
- 9.5 Exogenous factors and male reproductive health
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus
Treatment of hypogonadism and infertility
- Chapter:
- Treatment of hypogonadism and infertility
- Author(s):
Eberhard Nieschlag
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199235292.003.9104
Special therapeutic modalities for individual disorders, where these are available, have been mentioned in the preceding chapters. However, the therapeutic principles of hormone substitution described below apply to a number of disorders. Areas of conventional treatment of male infertility that were not described in previous chapters will also be covered here.
When dealing with infertility in men, it is also important to consider the woman. Thorough diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting female reproductive functions are mandatory, since their optimization constitutes a substantial part of the treatment of male infertility.
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- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- 9.1 Definitions and classification of disorders
- 9.2 Normal male endocrinology
- 9.3 Evaluation of the male patient with suspected hypogonadism and/or infertility
- 9.4 Male endocrinological disorders and male factor infertility
- 9.4.1 Congenital anorchia, acquired anorchia, testicular maldescent, and varicocele
- 9.4.2 Disturbed spermatogenesis
- 9.4.3 Klinefelter’s syndrome
- 9.4.4 XX male
- 9.4.5 XYY male
- 9.4.6 Structural chromosome abnormalities
- 9.4.7 Sequelae of extratesticular disease
- 9.4.8 Testicular tumours
- 9.4.9 Infections/inflammation of the genital tract
- 9.4.10 Obstructions
- 9.4.11 Immunological infertility
- 9.4.12 Idiopathic infertility
- 9.4.13 Treatment of hypogonadism and infertility
- 9.4.14 Insemination, in vitro fertilization, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- 9.4.15 Cryopreservation of sperm
- 9.4.16 Sexuality and erectile dysfunction
- 9.4.17 Gynaecomastia
- 9.4.18 Transsexualism
- 9.5 Exogenous factors and male reproductive health
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus
