3.1.1. A theory of an elevated testicular temperature
Varicoceles are thought to induce their noxious effect by elevating scrotal temperature via reflux of warm abdominal blood through incompetent valves of the spermatic veins and there is good evidence to support this theory.( Skandhan& Rajahariprasad , 2007).The elevated intrascrotal temperature results in reductions of testosterone synthesis by Leydig cells and reduced Sertoli cell secretory function. increased testicular temperature in men with varicocele may reduced sperm quality and testicular functions ,Varicocele ligation has been demonstrated to be associated with reductions in intrascrotal temperature in infertile men as Scrotal temperature is maintained a few degrees below body core temperature in order to optimize the environment for normal testicular function by the countercurrent heat exchange system but in a subfertile men with varicocele, a heat exchange mechanism will affect and this may cause Leydig cell secretory dysfunction. Several studies have suggested that infertile patients with varicoceles have lower serum testosterone concentrations, leading to the hypothesis that varicoceles may alter not only spermatogenses and even Leydig cell function, suggesting that testosterone synthesis it self may also be compromised. (Cantatore et al. , 2010).
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A dilation of the venous plexus would then disrupt the efficiency of this system. The explanation for why a left-sided varicocele affects the function of the contralateral testis is unclear, but any unilateral pathology may be transmitted via the collateral drainage that exists between the testes.The mechanism for how heat affects spermatogenesis remains speculative. There is evidence that heat may affect androgen production which can have bad effects on the maintenance of sperm production. (Rahman&
This complex organ can be found in upper right side of the abdomen. It is unique because it is a dual functioning organ. The first function is to control the body’s blood sugar level. The second function is to secrete insulin and glucagon. Lastly, I studied the testes of the fetal pig, which I found at the end of the scrotum under the skin. The teste are a key part in the process of secreting testosterone. After completing this section I began to dissect the last system of the pig.
In the article using data from scientists he presents that from experiments tested on alligators an increase in body temperature could have kept them from being able to shed any excess heat due to their enormous size killing them off. Which was later disavowed by the scientists themselves but presented how the rise in temperature could affect the ability for the reptiles testes to perform efficiently. Gould put it eloquently in that “How could we possibly determine whether the hypothesis is of testicular frying is right or wrong? We would have to know things that fossil records could not provide.”(Gould 18) Confirming my suspicions and further stating that this could in no way be tested therefore was just
This is due to the lack of the vas deferens, which is the tube that sends the sperms out of the testes to the penis. In woman they can have children they just have more problems with conceiving due to the excessive amounts of mucous in the sexual organs.
The patient was brought to the operating room and placed on the table in a supine position. After induction of adequate general anesthesia, patient was prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. Curvilinear incision was made superior and lateral to the os pubis and carried it down through the skin and subcutaneous tissue on the right. External oblique was identified and opened in direction of the fibers. Once this was done, the spermatic cord was elevated using a Penrose drain. There was a fair amount of scarring and a large lipoma of the cord, which obstructed visualization. The lipoma was carefully dissected away from the cord and the cord structures down to the level of the internal ring and then imbricated. Once this was done, the cord was inspected no evidence of
Martin McDonald is a 31 year old man who has been diagnosed as having a low sperm count, low sperm motility, and a high percentage of abnormal sperm cells. He has been married for six years and his wife has already undergone three unsuccessful attempts at artificial fertilisation and one unsuccessful attempt at in vitro
Hotchkiss also commented about the reference value provided by Moench for sperm morphology analysis67 (<20% of abnormal forms). Although he did not disagree from Moench, he argued: ‘In an incomplete but rather large groups of cases of proved fertility now under study I have yet to find an instance of normal pregnancy attributable to a seminal specimens with excessively large number of abnormal sperm, yet this condition is no infrequently encountered in cases of disturbed fertility.’
The sperm density in testes and cauda epididymis decreased highly significantly (P ≤ 0.001) after tebuconazole administration in the all dose duration (Table 1.2) and a severe impairment of sperm motility in cauda epididymis was also observed in the experimental rats. Control rats showed 100% positive fertility in the mating exposure test while the rats exposed to 250 mg/kg b. wt/day dose level showed 70, 90 and 100% negative fertility in the duration of 15, 30 an 45 days respectively (Table 1.2).
PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: When patient was under satisfactory general anesthesia the patient’s lower abdomen, groin, and genitalia, and scrotum were prepped with betadine and betadine paint was applied as well. Following this, 0.5 % Marcaine was injected into derma over the left mid scrotum. Next, a 2 cm incision was made in the left mid scrotum. Incision was carried down to the tunica dartos to the underlying testicle and there appeared to be a 2 x 2 cm spermatocele coming off the superior aspect of the testicle. The spermatocele was dissected intact and off of the testicle and sent to pathology. The bleeding points were appropriately coagulated following which the tunica dartos was reapproximated with 4-0 chromic cat gut interrupted sutures,
A dose of more than four Gray can permanently damage germ cells, and a dose of more than twenty Gray can produce hypogonadism.10 A dose of sixteen to eighteen Gray for testicular irradiation is associated with a high rate of permanent sterility.10 If possible the gonads should be shielded, and the lowest effective dose should be used. Cryopreservation of semen before treatment is currently the only successful method of future fertility, and in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection is usually used after treatment to become a
The same technique was repeated on the contra-lateral testis. (Fig.1). In double bilateral ligations of the vascular part of the spermatic cord group, buck was carefully draped with sterile drapes to maintain an aseptic surgical field. A straight incision approximately 1.0 to 1.5 cm. long is first made through the skin covering the spermatic cord. Blunt dissection is made to separate the spermatic cord from the surrounding structures. Then the cord is exteriorized through the skin incision by curved artery forceps and tunica vaginitis is opened to expose the testicular vessels. The testicular artery and veins were identified and double transfixation ligatures are placed around the testicular vessels at two points about (2 cm) apart with non-absorbable suture material such as silk (size 1) (Fig.2). The tunica vaginitis is restitched with fine absorbable suture material (cat gut size 3/0). Finally the skin is closed by silk with 3-4 stitches of simple interrupted pattern. The same technique is repeated on another cord. Testicular biopsies were harvested and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin and passed routinely to prepare histopathological sections and were stained with
Surgery normally consists either of saphenofemoral ligation (where a cut is made at the top of the groin above the main varicose vein) or short saphenous ligation, with or without stripping, and phlebectomies (removal of the vein). Alternatively, varicose veins can be treated by sclerotherapy, an injection treatment which shrinks the blood vessel, although this has been associated with a high recurrence rate.
These days equal responsibilities are being implemented by more couples as times have changed the outcomes are now affecting the birth control marketplace. There has been foundation-funding RISUG (aka Vasa Gel) developing in hopes for this long-term reversible male birth control option (Watson and Conger). The new gel form contraceptive that profoundly lowers sperm count is currently in progress. The procedure involves making a small incision in each scrotum through which the small vas deferens duct is pulled for the direct injections. So far RISUG has proven to be effective, safe and reversible with a second injection” (Mack 2011). Also there are other methods that are also being developed such as Plant based pill which are non- hormonal options, dry orgasm pill based on medications that restrict sperm from becoming semen thus orgasm occurs but ejaculation does not. Some moderate heat or ultrasound on the testicles is noninvasive and relatively simple ways of inhibiting sperm production (Mack
While there are three phenotypes for androgen insensitivity, for the purpose of this particular paper, the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome phenotype will be the one elaborated upon. The typical phenotype for someone with androgen insensitivity is hyper feminization of a male (with XY sex chromosomes) to the point where the genitalia are not masculine and may contain elementary müllerian structures (Gottlieb et al. 1999). The male embryo should produce a protein in the womb known as the Anti-Müllerian hormone which is facilitated by the AMH gene - a cluster of proteins that ensures sex differentiation occurs in fetal development. It is entirely possible that a male embryo does not release the Anti-Müllerian hormone because the testis are not suppressing the müllerian structures. In turn the wolffian ducts, structures that include the epididymis, vas deferens, and seminal vesicles, only partially die. Partially is used here because there are both male and female characteristics presented by those with androgen insensitivity. AMH should interact with the Anti-Müllerian hormone receptors to target the Müllerian ducts and “kill” the structures. Without the supressment rudimentary Müllerian structures begin to present themselves, since the embryo is genetically male and has more development to do to characterize itself as such the structures do not get fully finished. These structures would hold the ability to produce female characteristics as they would need to serve their purpose in the
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High levels of dietary cholesterol have also been shown to induce post-testicular infertility by the effects on epididymal sperm maturation (Ouvrier et al., 2011). The regulation of cholesterol and lipid homeostasis in the epididymis via Liver X Receptors (LXR) is a significant factor in maintaining male fertility.