Clinical Andrology EAU/ESAU Course Guidelines

This reference work on andrology begins with a discussion of male infertility. It discusses genetic causes, conventional treatment, non-surgical methods for sperm retrieval, and assisted reproduction techniques. It also covers andrological endocrinology with chapters on clinical investigation and laboratory analysis in male hypogonadism, as well as testosterone deficiency syndrome. Additional topics include urogentical infections and STDs, erectile dysfunction, psychological abnormalities of male sexual function, and reproductive cancers. The book emphasizes contemporary concern for evidence-based practice, minimizing interventions, and promoting male reproductive health.

MALE INFERTILITYDefining male factor infertility Dimitrios A. Adamopoulos, Giorgios Mitios, and Stamatina S. NicopoulouClinical investigation of the infertile male Gert R. DohleThe female factor Lynne Robinson and Masoud AfnanBasic semen analysis and laboratory quality for clinicians Lars BjörndahlGenetic causes of male infertility and their impact on future generations Csilla KrauszConventional treatment of the male in infertile couples Herman Tournaye and Aleksander GiwercmanNonsurgical methods for sperm retrieval in patients with anejaculation and retrograde ejaculation Axel KamischkeSperm preparation for ART and IUI Kersti LundinIntrauterine insemination for male subfertility Astrid E. P. Cantineau and Ben J. CohlenIVF and ICSI for treating male infertility Herman TournayeSurgery for male infertility: surgical treatment of obstructive azoospermia Laurent Vaucher and Peter N. SchlegelSurgery for male infertility: surgical sperm retrievals Giovanni M. Colpi, Guido Piediferro, Fabrizio I. Scroppo, Elisabetta M. Colpi, and Patrizia SulpizioSurgery for male infertility—varicocelectomy and its alternatives Howard H. Kim and Marc GoldsteinAssisted reproduction with surgically retrieved sperm Valérie Vernaeve and Herman TournayeTherapeutic sperm cryopreservation Mathew TomlinsonTesticular tissue for ICSI Greta VerheyenDonor insemination: Past, present, and future challenges Vanessa J. Kay and Christopher L. R. BarrattMale contraception Ahmed Mahmoud and Guy T’SjoenPrevention of male infertility: Environmental and systemic disease effects on male fertility Jens Peter Bonde and Jorma ToppariInfertility and testis cancer Patrick de Geeter and Peter AlbersMale aging and reproduction Sabine Kliesch ANDROLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGYSex steroids in men: Biosynthesis, transport, metabolism, interaction with receptors, and cellular (Genomic and Nongenomic) and biological actions Jemima Gaytant, Katrien Venken, and Dirk VanderschuerenGonadotropins and gonadotropin receptors Ilpo Huhtaniemi and Maria AlevizakiAndrogen effects in reproductive and nonreproductive organs Michael ZitzmannClinical aspects of male sex differentiation Johan Svensson and Yvonne Lundberg GiwercmanDisturbances in male pubertal development Olle SöderClinical investigation and laboratory analyses in male hypogonadism Gianni Forti, Giovanni Corona, and Mario MaggiTestosterone deficiency syndrome Stefan ArverAndrogen replacement—indications and principles Fotios Dimitriadis, Evlalia Vlachopoulou, Stavros Gratsias, Dimitrios Baltogiannis, Dimitrios Giannakis, Panagiota Tsounapi, Michael Rimikis, Nikolaos Pardalidis, Takeshi Watanabe, Motoaki Saito, Ikuo Miyagawa, and Nikolaos SofikitisAndrogen deficiency in cancer-treated men Jakob Eberhard, Patrik Romerius, and Aleksander GiwercmanGynecomastia Niels Jørgensen, Niels Kroman, Jens-Jørgen Elberg, and Anders Juul UROGENITAL INFECTION AND STDMale infertility in chronic urogenital infections and inflammation with special reference to ejaculate findings Wolfgang Weidner, Thorsten Diemer, and Florian M. E. WagenlehnerInflammatory parameters of the ejaculate Zsolt Kopa and Mihály BerényiSperm morphology in male urogenital tract infections Roelof MenkveldImmunological aspects of male accessory gland infection Luciano Adorini, Mario Maggi, and Mauro GacciROS and DNA integrity—implications of male accessory gland infections Ralf Henkel MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONHematospermia (Hemospermia) Nadja Engel and Hubert JohnProstatic disease and male sexual dysfunction Francesco MontorsiSexual dysfunction and the prostate: andrological implications of PCa, BPH, and prostatitis 345Wolfgang Weidner and Richard BergesPsychological abnormalities of male sexual function Emmanuele A. Jannini and Andrea LenziEjaculatory disorders Nancy L. Brackett, Charles M. Lynne, Dana A. Ohl, and Jens SønksenDiagnostic management of erectile function—clinical andrology Chi-Ying Li, Giulio Garaffa, and David J. RalphConservative treatment of erectile dysfunction Thomas C. Stadler, Uwe Hartmann, Armin J. Becker, and Christian G. StiefSurgery for erectile dysfunction Levent Gurkan, Mathew C. Raynor, and Wayne J. G. HellstromPeyronie’s disease and penile curvature Ekkehard W. Hauck, Thorsten Diemer, and Wolfgang WeidnerFemale-to-male transsexualism Carlo Bettocchi, Fabrizio Palumbo, and David J. RalphMale-to-female transsexualism Vincenzo G. Mirone, Ciro Imbimbo, Paolo Verze, and Davide ArcanioloPriapism Emre Akkus Index