Male infertility
Male infertility and trends in semen quality.
Key point
Male infertility management should be couple-centered, integrating the female partner's reproductive timeline to avoid preventable delays in effective therapy.
From: Clinical Recommendations for the Management of Male Infertility: A Consensus from the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA) Clinical Practice Guideline Committee (World J Mens Health, 2026 Jul 23) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 43, 44, 62, 54, 52.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Clinical Recommendations for the Management of Male Infertility: A Consensus from the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA) Clinical Practice Guideline CommitteeWorld J Mens Health2026 Oct
- Indications for Micro-Injection of Sperm in Assisted Reproduction: A Consensus StatementAust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol2026 Apr
- Sexual dysfunctions in male patients with infertility: recommendations from the Fifth International Consultation for Sexual Medicine (ICSM 2024)Sex Med Rev2026 Jan 5
- Recommendations for Human Sperm Morphology Assessment in 2025: An Expert Review From the French BLEFCO GroupAndrology2026 Jan
- The first Australian evidence-based guidelines on male infertilityMed J Aust2025 Dec 8
All papers from the last 12 months
2,337 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- AIE-pharmacology-enabled organelle therapeutics for microplastic-induced asthenozoospermiaBiomaterials2027 FebPMID 42648265
- CATH-1 supplementation improves sperm quality and fertility of rooster semen during cold storage by reducing bacterial contaminationTheriogenology2027 Jan 1PMID 42810235
- Hormone-sparing non-surgical male contraception in dogs and cats: Current strategies and the emerging role of FSH receptor-targeted antibody fragmentsTheriogenology2027 Jan 1PMID 42804870Review
- Association between seminal and serum iron parameters and male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysisAging Male2026 Dec 31PMID 42623487Meta-analysisSystematic review
- The reduction in total motile sperm count and the increase in sperm DNA fragmentation are associated with paternal age in normozoospermic menAging Male2026 Dec 31PMID 41518014
- Axonemal dynein gene dysfunction as a cause of male infertility: insights from DNAH family mutationsGene2026 Dec 20PMID 42838247Review
- Guilu Erxian oral liquid alleviates oligoasthenospermia via the mitochondria-complement-NETs networkJ Ethnopharmacol2026 Dec 6PMID 42349767
- Exploring undergraduates' knowledge, attitude, and perception of male infertility in Osun State University: a mixed method studyHum Fertil (Camb)2026 DecPMID 42866945
- Bioinspired zinc-doped carbon dots protect against polystyrene microplastic-induced spermatogenic dysfunction through Nrf2 activation and cuproptosis suppressionMater Today Bio2026 DecPMID 42781109
- A multielement male nutritional supplement (AlphaSperm®) induces novel epigenetic changes in sperm DNASyst Biol Reprod Med2026 DecPMID 42763908
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Key point: ThuFLEP and conventional HoLEP are clinically comparable, with no definitive superiority of either laser.
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Key point: PSMA-PET/CT is recommended only when PSA exceeds 0.2 μg/L, reporting should follow PSMA-RADS, and it is preferred over lymph-node dissection for staging.
Robotic partial nephrectomy
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Focal therapy for prostate cancer
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Beta-3 agonists for overactive bladder
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
"male infertility"[tiab] OR "sperm count"[tiab] OR "semen quality"[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.