Assessing the male in fertility clinics-men undervalued, undermanaged and undertreated

John L Yovich^{1

2}, Kevin N Keane^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ PIVET Medical Centre, Cambridge Street, Perth, WA, Australia.
² School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.

Comment

John L Yovich et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S624-S628.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.03.20.

John L Yovich^{1

2}, Kevin N Keane^{1

2}

¹ PIVET Medical Centre, Cambridge Street, Perth, WA, Australia.
² School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Integrating surgical and clinical andrology is essential to improve the quality of care delivered to infertile couples.
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Clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing: practice recommendations based on clinical scenarios.
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