Evaluation of some parameters of human semen with positive chlamydial reaction.

The objective of the present research study was to compare some parameters of human semen of positive immunoenzymatic test for the Chlamydia trachomatis presence in blood serum with the results of those with the negative test results. Seventy (70) men with genitourinary system problems were examined: in 33 cases positive chlamydial tests were found as compared to 37 negative tests. The parameters of semen were compared in both groups.

[The effect of various methods of luteal phase supplementation on serum progesterone level].

Objectives: Examined was the effect of luteal phase supplementation on serum progesterone level with the use of two methods: oral administration of 10 mg dydrogesterone twice daily since the detection of corpus luteum till the menstruation and intramuscular HCG administration in the dose 1500 IU every 4 days and 10 mg dydrogesterone twice daily in the same period.

Design: A randomized study, controlled by placebo.

Patients And Methods: 56 infertile women, with luteal phase deficiency assessed on the basis of basal body temperature (decrease shortly after the peak the luteal phase shorter than 11 days) and ovulation determined sonographically.

Ectopic pregnancy diagnosis in very high risk patients.

The authors analyse the effectiveness of ectopic pregnancy diagnosis in women with clinical history and high psychological motivation for treatment. The effectiveness of the diagnostic algorithm was studied in 21 women with previous history of infertility treatment (including 15 who had undergone tube surgery). The diagnostic process was begun between 20th and 25th days after the suspected conception.

Zinc levels in seminal plasma and sperm density.

Zinc levels in seminal plasma were measured. The study was done on 122, random selected males from infertile couples. The atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used.

[Correlation of pituitary hormones in serum of male patients with fertility problems].

Unlabelled: FSH, LH and prolactin serum levels estimations are the part of the most diagnostic procedures in andrology but there is their prediction value under discussion all the time.

Aim: To judge the sensitivity of pituitary hormones serum levels estimation as the diagnostic method in male subfertility and to investigate the correlation between FSH, LH and PRL depending on their physiological or pathological ranges.

Material And Methods: FSH, LH and PRL serum levels were estimated in 36 males with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia (density below 5 mln sperm per milliliter) by EIA.

[Endometrial changes in the ovaries during full-term pregnancy: a case report].

The authors described case of 27 years old female patient treated due to infertility of unknown etiology. The female was pregnant after series of intrauterine insemination. During caesarean section due to pelvic longitudinal lie the chocolate cyst and endometriosis of the ovary were found.

[Observation of some semen parameters in men with varicocele].

Among 172 examined male patients varicoceles have been found in 57.6% patients. The frequency of varicocele appearance increased according to the fall of sperm concentration.

[Self concept of men from childless married couples after receiving information about sperm value].

The questionnaire included 220 men from childless married couples who referred to the Department of Reproduction and Andrology of the Medical Academy in Lublin for 4 months in 1992. The treatment period of childlessness in those couples ranged from several months to 17 years. The authors tried to establish if, and to what extent the receipt of information affected the well being and sexual life of those men.

[Ultrasound images of prostate and seminal vesicles in infertile male patients].

The results of clinical examinations, semen analysis and endosonographic examinations of prostate and seminal vesicles were analysed in 172 male patients treated due to infertility. Ultrasound equipment with transrectal multiplane transducers 6.5 and 7.

[Varices of the spermatic cord and endo-sonographic changes of urogenital organs in men with decreased values of certain sperm parameters].

A comparative analysis was carried out of sperm cell density, proportion of mobility and viability, and the proportion of morphologically abnormal sperm cells in 80 (74.6%) men with varices of the spermatic cord and 88 (52.4%) men without the varices.

[Socio-familial situation of women treated for childlessness].

The documentation of the Andrology Outpatient Clinic, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Academy in Lublin from the years 1979-1989 was studied retrospectively, and 169 women were isolated who completed the treatment for childlessness. The carried out studies indicated that younger people with shorter marriage history (usually after 2-5 years) more frequently sought treatment for childlessness, especially those coming from rural areas. Greater striving for having children in married people from rural areas was expressed also by the fact that they more frequently decided to use donor semen for insemination.

[Some routine test parameters of semen taken from the male partner of infertile couples and the state of the urogenital tract (prostate, seminal vesicles, testicles, epididymis) examined by ultrasound].

The authors investigated 214 men with endorectal and percutaneous scrotal sonography. These men were treated for the reason of sperm defects. The age range was 22 to 52 years.

Sperm penetration through cervical mucus in infertile couples in relation to selected cervical factors.

One-hundred-and-fourteen women of infertile marriages with negative post-coital test (PCT) results were studied. The women were divided into three groups: those with anatomical anomalies of the cervix, abnormalities of the cervical mucus and a negative PCT and normal parameters in cervical mucus. Patients were treated with mestranol when the physicochemical characteristics of the cervical mucus were impaired.