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DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE 1
CERTIFICATE-2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
I. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Cigarette Smoke
Alcohol
Occupational Exposures
Heat Exposure
Organic Solvents
Heavy Metals
Environmental Contaminants
II. IATROGENIC FACTORS
Herniorrahaphy
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Drugs
Ill. ACQUIRED DEFECTS OF THE TESTIS, PROSTRATE ANDSPERM
Orchitis
Syphilis
Epididymal infections (epididymitis)
Immunologic causes: Antisperm antibodies
Varicocele
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DEFECTS OF THETESTIS AND SPERM.
Cryptorchidism
Genetic causes
Sertolicell only syndrome
Spermatogenic arrest
Anomalies of sperm structure (Immotile cilia syndrome or., Kartageners syndrome)
Globozoospermia
V. HORMONAL CAUSES AND ANDROGEN RESISTANCE
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Hyper prolactinaemia
VI. SYSTEMIC DISEASES
VII. IMPAIRMENT OF SPERM TRANSPORT (OBSTRUCTIVEAZOOSPERMIA)
VIII. PROBLEMS OF EJACULATION
Retrograde ejaculation
Anejaculation
IX. SEXUAL DYSFUNCTlON
Male erectile dysfunction
INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION
2 MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM: BACKGROUND
Hormonal Regulation
3 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
I. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Cigarette smoke
Alcohol
Occupational Exposures
Heat exposure
Organic solvents
Heavy metals
Environmental contaminants
II. IATROGENIC FACTORS
Ill. ACQUIRED DEFECTS OF THE TESTIS, PROSTRATE ORSPERM
Antisperm antibody
Varicocele
IV. DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL DEFECTS OF THETESTIS OR SPERM
Genetic Causes
V. HORMONAL CAUSES AND ANDROGEN RESISTANCE
INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION
4 MATERIALS AND METHODS
I. STUDY POPULATION
II. QUESTIONNAIRES
Ill. SEMEN ANALYSIS
Initial macroscopic examination
Liquefaction
Appearance
Volume
Viscosity
pH
Initial microscopic investigation
Assessment of Sperm motility
Agglutination
Assessment of Sperm Concentration
Assessment of sperm morphology.
Preparation of smears
1.Staining method
Staining procedure
Assessment of sperm morphology
2. Test simplets R Prestained slides
Immature germinal cells and mature sperm.
IV. SPERM PREPARATION FOR INTRA UTERINE INSEMlNATlON
1. The Swim - up technique
Sperm proparation media
Components
Procedure
2. Two step discontinuous buoyant density gradient centrifugation
Reagents
Procedure
V. CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS
Culture Requirements
Preparation of solutions for Harvesting
Harvesting and slide Preparation
G Banding
I. Phosphate buffer for trypsin
II. Trypsin Solution
VI HORMONAL ASSAY
VII STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Fig. 1. Percentage of infertility type among three age groups
Fig. 2. Distribution of sperm count among 319 patients
Fig. 3. Distribution of percentage morphology among 319 patients
PLATE I
a, b Normal Spermatozoa
c, d.& e. Spermatozoa with double head
f, g Small headed spermatozoa
h Spermatozoon with tapered head
PLATE II
a, b, c, d, e & f: Head defects - amorphous pattern
g Round spermatid
h Spermatozoon with amorphous headand thin mid piece
PLATE III
a Spermatozoa with thick mid piece
b. Assymetrical insertion of mid piece
c. Spermatozoon with bent neck
d Spermatozoon with pyriform head and double tail
e A spermatozoon with normal head and double tail
f Spermatozoon with tail defect (Coiled tail)
g Spermatozoa with double tail and vacuolated head
h Spermatozoa with amorphous head
PLATE IV
a, b: Spermatozoa with amorphous head and cytoplasmicdroplets in mid piece region.
c. Pin head
d: Multiple defects of spermatozoa observed in a singleinfertile patient.
e Tapered head
f, e: 2 Neutrophils (leucocytes)
h Immature germ cell
Fig. 4. Distribution of motility percentage among 319 patients
Monomorphic pattern of sperm abnormalities
PLATE V
a, b&c: Macrocephalic spermatozoa with double tail
d, e, f Decapitated spermatozoa
g&h Globozoospermia
Symbols commonly used in pedigree charts
PLATE VI
a Normal Male Karyotype
b. G- Banded karyotype showing 47, XXY patternobserved in Klinefelter syndrome patients
PLATE VII
c. G banded karyotype showing reciprocal translocationinvolving chromosome 5 & 13 observed in severeoligoastheno teratozoospermic cases.
d: G banded karyotype showing Robertsonian translocationbetween chromosome 21 and 13 in severe oligospermicmales.
Fig. 13. Percentage of cases and distribution of diagnosisinvestigated m the present study
INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION
6 CONCLUSION
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