Male infertility was involved in one in every three rounds of IVF in 2020, with most of those men having no idea what affected their potency.
Some 20 percent of IVF rounds in 2020 were due to an infertile man, with another 11.2 per cent due to both a man and woman being infertile within a couple, the Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2020 report from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found.
When looking for an underlying cause, three-quarters of infertile males were left undiagnosed.
“(That) reflects our lack of understanding of the reasons for poor semen quality,” Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand President Luk Rombauts said….