SOME SEMINAL CHARACTERISTICS, KAROTYPE AND THE TREATMENT OPTIONS IN INFERTILE MEN WITH ISOLATED AND COMBINED AZFc MICRODELETIONS

Trịnh Văn Tam1,, Đinh Hữu Việt1, Phạm Thị Mỹ Hạnh1, Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng Hiệp1, Phạm Minh Ngọc1, Hoàng Văn Ái2, Phạm Đức Minh2, Nguyễn Ngọc Nhất2, Lê Thị Thu Hiền1, Trịnh Thế Sơn2
1 Andrology and Fertility Hospital of Hanoi
2 Vietnam Military Medical University

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Objectives: To investigate some seminal characteristics, karotype and the treatment options in infertile men with isolated and combined AZFc microdeletions. Material and method: A retrospective, cross-sectional study method in 144 Vietnamese  men with isolated and combined AZFc microdeletions in patients with oligospermia or azoospermia at Hanoi Hospital of Andrology and Infertility from December 2016 to June 2021. Result: Isolated AZFc microdeletions accounts for the majority (54.17%) of AZFc microdeletions. 24.31% of patients with AZF microdeletions were accompanied by chromosomal abnormalities. Deletion of AZFa with AZFc resulted in 100% azoospermia. 40.97% of patients with AZF microdeletions have not been performed assisted reproduction. Most deletion basis zones of AZFc resulted in severe oligospermia. Conclusion: The semen analysis of patients with isolated AZFc microdeletions was the best, deletion of AZFa with AZFc resulted in 100% azoospermia. 24.31% of patients with AZF microdeletions were accompanied by chromosomal abnormalities. 40.97% of patients with AZF microdeletions have not been performed assisted reproduction.

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