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After the evaluation of both female and male partners and consequent diagnosis, a couple may be directed toward assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), ranging from the more intensive and invasive in vitro fertilization (IVF) to minimally invasive intrauterine insemination (IUI). The direction to proceed depends on the individual couple, considering maternal age, sperm concentration and motility, treatable hormonal disturbances, and unexplained infertility (1,2). Clearly, a woman with blocked fallopian tubes may proceed directly to IVF unless she is a candidate for tubal repair. Men with severe oligozoospermia, perhaps with less than 1 million motile sperm, may also proceed directly to IVF. Similarly, men with obstructive or nonobstructive azospermia would undergo testicular sperm retrieval and use in IVF with sperm injection.
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Centola, G.M. (2005). Sperm Preparation for Insemination. In: Patton, P.E., Battaglia, D.E. (eds) Office Andrology. Contemporary Endocrinology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-876-2_3
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