|
TM Group (n = 17)
|
Control Group (n = 17)
|
Pa
|
| Age, y |
31.1 ± 3.6 |
28.1 ± 1.7 |
.1 |
| Duration of infertility, mo |
30.7 ± 5.6 |
29.5 ± 3.7 |
.14 |
| Testicular volume,b cm3 |
|
|
|
| Right |
9.0 ± 1.9 |
9.2 ± 1.8 |
.32 |
| Left |
8.6 ± 1.6 |
8.9 ± 1.5 |
.24 |
| Abstinence before semen analysis, d |
5.9 ± 1.1 |
6.0 ± 1.0 |
|
| Semen volume, mL |
3.0 ± 0.29 |
3.1 ± 0.23 |
.24 |
| Sperm count, x106/mL |
39.2 ± 20.6 |
43.5 ± 22.1 |
.30 |
| Total sperm count, x106 |
92.5 ± 36.7 |
113.8 ± 42.8 |
.06 |
| Motility, % |
29.1 ± 12.1 |
35.1 ± 11.2 |
.08 |
| Cryptorchidism |
2 |
1 |
|
| Varicoceles |
5 |
6 |
|
| Hydroceles |
0 |
0 |
|
| Epididymal cysts |
7 |
2 |
|
| Seminal vesicle cysts |
0 |
0 |
|
| Chronic pelvic pain syndrome/prostatitis |
3 |
2 |
|
| Seminal vesiculitis |
0 |
0 |
|
Obstructive azoospermia
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
| TM, testicular microlithiasis. |
| a Student's t test. |
| b Obtained by ultrasonography using an approximation for an ellipsoid (volume
= 0.52 x length x width x depth). |
|
