Abstract

HENAO AGUDELO, María Senovia  and  CARDONA MAYA, Walter. Evaluation of semen parameters in 30 men with proven fertility, brief review of the literature. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2013, vol.39, n.4, pp.368-382. ISSN 0138-600X.

Introduction: infertility is defined as the inability to complete a pregnancy after 12 months of having sex without contraception. Objective : to evaluate the seminal parameters of 30 men with proven fertility and compared with lower reference limit reported by the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. Additionally, a literature review was conducted on semen parameters in Latin America. Methods: pH, volume, concentration, motility, viability and sperm morphology on semen samples were evaluated from men with proven fertility using the WHO proposed methodology. Results: 90 % of the samples showed seminal parameters above the lower reference limit. The median values were: pH 8, 2.5 mL volume, concentration 82.5 x 10⁶/ mL, total progressive and non-progressive sperm motility 68.5 %, progressive motility 58 %, viability 76 %, and normal morphology 10,5 %. Conclusions: semen parameters of the fertile population studied are above the lower reference limit, which suggests that the new 2010 WHO classification are more congruent with fertile population than those previously proposed values in other manuals. However, more investigations are needed using more individuals, which also will be evaluated semen parameters in the general population and infertile individuals.

Keywords : semen analysis; fertility; seminal parameters; WHO; lower reference limits; spermatozoa.

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