Spermogram and Male Fertility: Hospital Experience in Military Avicenna of Marrakech

Zemrani Y^1, , Taoufik L¹, Ait Zirri K¹, Ghoundale O², El Mezouari E¹ and Moutaj R¹

¹Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Military Hospital Avicenne, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Marrakech, Morocco

²Department of urology, Military Hospital Avicenne, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Marrakech, Morocco

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Zemrani Y, Taoufik L, Ait Zirri K, Ghoundale O, El Mezouari E and Moutaj R. Spermogram and Male Fertility: Hospital Experience in Military Avicenna of Marrakech. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2019; 7(6):104-108. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-7-6-3

Abstract

Male fertility is known in the last twenty years. Thus, the 1/3 of the infertility of the couple would be male. The spermogram is an essential tool in the strategy of exploration of infertility in humans. The present study will focus exclusively on the place of occupation spermogram in the appearance of the infertile couple. We wrote this retrospective study spread over 10 results of 929 spermograms performed at the Avicenne Military Hospital in Marrakesh, spermogram volume in ml, pH, sperm count / ml, spermatozoa vitality, total mobility, progressive mobility and morphology. Of the 929 sperm samples, 35% on the normal values and 65% on the normal to less than normal values on the basic parameters, from 65% to today. Found in 5.4% of cases, asthenospermia in 46% of cases, oligospermia in 24.5% and revelation teratospermia in 21.9% of cases. After our study, we are confronted like other countries, the problem of male infertility. The spermogram is the essential exam for the exploration of the male side in an infertile couple to make diagnoses, but also the doctor treating additional examinations.

Keywords

spermogram - male fertility - couple sterility

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