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  1. We evaluated the predictors of eventful microsurgical testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE) from infertile men with Klinefelter syndrome (KS).

    Authors: Amr Elahwany, Fatma A. Elrefaey, Hisham Alahwany, Hesham Torad, Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din, Rashad Mohammed Saeed Dawood, Mohamed Wael Ragab and Ahmed Fawzy Megawer
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:18
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  2. Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in males. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) immunotherapy, the standard for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), effectively reduces recurrence and progressio...

    Authors: Sergen Sahin, Ismail Ulus, Ibrahim Ogulcan Canitez, Serhat Yentur, Mustafa Zafer Temiz and Atilla Semercioz
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:17
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  3. Tunica albuginea plication is a common surgical treatment for Peyronie’s disease that aims to correct penile curvature and improve sexual function. The goal of this study was to evaluate patient-reported outco...

    Authors: Pavel Navratil, Jiri Chalupnik, Minh Nguyet Tranova, Miroslav Louda, Pavel Kriz and Pavel Navratil Sr.
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:16
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  4. Solo masturbation is not an activity performed exclusively in single males but can also occur among married males, and is often associated with feelings of guilt. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of ...

    Authors: Zheng Zhang and Nan Zhang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:15
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  5. Ureaplasma urealyticum belongs to the class Mollicutes and causes non-gonococcal urethritis, an inflammation of the urethra that is linked with impaired semen quality. However, some reports are contradictory, and...

    Authors: Omotola SeunFunmi Kukoyi, Victory Jesutoyosi Ashonibare, Cecilia Adedeji Adegbola, Tunmise Maryanne Akhigbe and Roland Eghoghosoa Akhigbe
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:14
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. Azoospermia, the most severe form of male infertility, is categorized into two types: non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and obstructive azoospermia (OA), which exhibit significant genetic heterogeneity. Azoosp...

    Authors: Yifan Sun, Beifen Zhong, Zizhou Meng, Yuxiang Zhang, Zheng Li and Chencheng Yao
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:13
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  7. Erectile dysfunction is becoming a public health problem, affecting 22% of men over 40 years of age, where one of the first lines of treatment for this pathology is the use of drugs, so it is necessary to know...

    Authors: Carla Juan-Casas, Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez, Ana González-Castro and Pablo Hernandez-Lucas
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:12
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  8. There are some studies with inconsistent results regarding the association between follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among men. We performed a systematic review and meta-anal...

    Authors: Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, Vida Ghasemi and Marzieh Saei Ghare Naz
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:11
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  9. Zinner syndrome is a rare congenital malformation of the male genitourinary system, characterized by a triad: seminal vesicle cyst, unilateral renal agenesis, and ipsilateral ejaculatory duct obstruction. The ...

    Authors: Jiatai He, Chengcheng Wei, Yu Huang, Feixiang Xu, Miao Wang and Zhaohui Chen
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:10
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. Vasectomy is a commonly used male contraceptive method, but the choice of surgical technique can influence long-term reproductive health outcomes. Previous studies suggest that different vasectomy techniques m...

    Authors: Heng Yang, Yujun Chen, Xiaofeng Cheng, Jingxin Wu, Ruohui Huang, Biao Qian and Gongxian Wang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:9
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  11. Gonadotropin dysregulation seems to play a potential role in the carcinogenesis of testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT). The aim of this study was to explore the expression of specific genes related to sex hormon...

    Authors: Péter Törzsök, Frédéric R. Santer, Yannic Kunz, Nils C. H. van Creij, Piotr Tymoszuk, Gerald Klinglmair, Zoran Culig and Renate Pichler
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:8
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  12. Sperm cryopreservation in patients with testicular germ cell tumours (GCTs) is traditionally performed after orchiectomy. But, some evidence suggests preoperative semen quality to be superior. We aimed to clar...

    Authors: Klaus-Peter Dieckmann, Johanna Hochmuth-Tisch, Andrea Salzbrunn, Cord Matthies, Kathrein von Kopylow, Christian Wülfing, Uwe Pichlmeier, Armin Soave and Christian Guido Ruf
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:7
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  13. Malignant tumours of the penis are rare. Their incidence varies around the world and increases with age. Treatment is essentially surgical. Surgery may be conservative or radical.

    Authors: Evrard Kouame Yao, Abraham Hognou Yao, Donafologo Daouda Yeo, Tawakaltu Adebayo, Michel Tuo, Freddy Junior Zouan and Noel Coulibaly
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  14. To the best of our knowledge, there is a gap in the review of literature about the most suitable varicocelectomy technique in isolating and ligating adherent periarterial vein(s). Consequently, leaving the art...

    Authors: Amr Elahwany, Nashaat Nabil, Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din, Ahmed Raef Sadek, Ahmed Ewais Sayed and Ahmed Ragab
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:5
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  15. The serendipitous discovery that inhibiting type 5 phosphodiesterase (PDE5) using sildenafil, a potent PDE5 inhibitor (PDE5i) initially developed for cardioprotection, introduced the possibility of orally mana...

    Authors: Andrea Sansone, Eugenia Guida, Susanna Dolci, Valeria Frangione, Amanda Asso, Gilberto Bellia and Emmanuele A. Jannini
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:3
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  16. Hemodynamic alterations in the spermatic vein are implicated in infertility among patients with varicocele (VC). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), a powerful tool for hemodynamic analysis, remains unexplore...

    Authors: Penglin Zou, Gaoxiang Fan, Zheng Li, Yuchen Tao, Chao Jia, Hongmei Liang, Ruhui Tian, Qiusheng Shi, Jianlin Hu and Rong Wu
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:4
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  18. Manual counting for semen analysis is recommended by the World Health Organization. Technicians performing this usually record their results on a paper worksheet and then enter the data into an electronic labo...

    Authors: Kevin K. W. Lam, Percy C. K. Tsang, Connie C. Y. Chan, Evans P. K. Ng, Tak-Ming Cheung, Raymond H. W. Li, Ernest H. Y. Ng and William S. B. Yeung
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2025 35:1
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  20. Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a heterogenous disease caused by mutations of miscellaneous genes which physiologically play an important role in proper structure and/or function of various cellular cilia ...

    Authors: Jan Novák, Lenka Horáková, Alena Puchmajerová, Viktor Vik, Zuzana Krátká and Vojtěch Thon
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:27
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  22. Acephalic spermatozoa syndrome is a rare but severe type of teratozoospermia. The familial trait of acephalic spermatozoa syndrome suggests that genetic factors play an important role. However, known mutations...

    Authors: Huaqiang Xia, Juan Zhang, Wuyuan Mao, Kangle Yi, Teng Wang and Lingyan Liao
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:22
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  23. Premature ejaculation (PE) is one of the most common diseases in andrology and leads to serious male sexual dysfunction. Although several targeted oral drug therapies are used to treat PE, they often face chal...

    Authors: Anmin Wang, Hao Wang, Dongyue Ma, Hongyuan Chang, Ziwei Zhao, Dicheng Luo and Fu Wang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:20
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  26. Stuttering priapism is characterized by recurrent, self-limited episodes of penile erection lasting from a few minutes to a maximum of three hours, often resolving spontaneously. These episodes can occur with ...

    Authors: Naim Yarak, Joey El Khoury, Patrick Coloby, Stéphane Bart and Maher Abdessater
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:21
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  27. Despite numerous efforts to demonstrate the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 in semen of affected males, no clear evidence exists. We conducted a multicenter prospective study on adult patients with a confirmed diag...

    Authors: Giovanni Cochetti, Michele Del Zingaro, Giuseppe Maiolino, Alessio Paladini, Matteo Mearini, Riccardo Schiavina, Lorenzo Bianchi, Lorenzo De Angelis, Mattia Panciarola, Barbara Camilloni, Eugenio Brunocilla and Ettore Mearini
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:24
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  28. The septum of the penis or the pectiniform septum (from Latina pecten) is a connective structure that separates the two corpora cavernosa of the penis. It is formed through the joining of the circular fibers o...

    Authors: Florin-Mihail Filipoiu, Radu-Tudor Ion, Zoran-Florin Filipoiu, Adrian-Daniel Tulin, Octavian Enciu and Mihaly Enyedi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:19
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  29. Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) can significantly impact male fertility, especially in cases where there is a substantial level of DNA damage. We aimed in the current study to assess seminal plasma (SP) levels o...

    Authors: Medhat Kamel Amer, Neveen Ahmed Youssef, Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din, Nada Gamal Saied, Merna Ayman Ahmed, Ahmad Raef and Ahmed Ragab
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:18
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  30. Obstructive azoospermia commonly is caused by CBAVD(Congenital Bilateral Aplasia of the Vas Deferens), mainly due to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and adhesion G protein-couple...

    Authors: Haishan Hu, Qing Zhou, Yanlin Ma and Lingxiao Zhang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:17
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  31. Affected sexual relationships affect both the quality of life of men and women. Platelet-derived therapies are becoming increasingly popular in various medical and surgical fields because of their ability to a...

    Authors: Ahmed M. Ragheb, Amr M. Lotfy, Mohamed Fahmy and Akrm A. Elmarakbi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:16
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  32. Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa is a widely used technique in the assisted reproduction technology laboratory for the storage of gametes for later use, for the fertility preservation and for sperm donati...

    Authors: Sara Stigliani, Adriana Amaro, Francesco Reggiani, Elena Maccarini, Claudia Massarotti, Matteo Lambertini, Paola Anserini and Paola Scaruffi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:15
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  33. Primary hypogonadism is a recognised complication in survivors of testicular cancer. However, secondary hypogonadism can result from other causes that suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, including obesit...

    Authors: Grace Y. Kim, Ciara Conduit, Sophie O’Haire, Chia Yuen Chong, Olivia Baenziger, Jeremy Lewin, Benjamin Thomas, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Martin R. Stockler, Ian Olver, Peter Grimison and Ben Tran
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:14
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  34. Surgical penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) procedures have only recently been introduced to mainland China, with the overall number of such procedures having been conducted to date remaining relatively low....

    Authors: Chenwang Zhang, Haowei Bai, Chenkun Shi, Huirong Chen, Peng Li, Yuhua Huang, Huixing Chen, Fujun Zhao, Chencheng Yao, Zheng Li and Erlei Zhi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:10
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  35. To date, there is a lack of studies conducted on males with secondary azoospermia as a potential cause of male infertility who had previously fathered children through natural conception. The current study aim...

    Authors: Amr Elahwany, Hisham Alahwany, Hesham Torad, David Ramzy, Elshaimaa Ahmed Fahmy Aboelkomsan and Sameh Fayek GamalEl Din
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:12
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  36. Recently we reported results of phase 1 pilot clinical trial of 2 consecutive intracavernous (IC) injection of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) for the first time in the treatmen...

    Authors: Saddam Al Demour, Sofia Adwan, Hanan Jafar, Hussam Alhawari and Abdalla Awidi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:13
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  37. Although men with premature ejaculation (PE) always show more negative emotions, including embarrassment, guilt and worry, this may be related to the stigma of PE. To investigated stigma and its associations w...

    Authors: Jishuang Liu, Tong Bao, Qunfeng Wang, Hui Jiang and Xiansheng Zhang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:11
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:26

  38. Penile prosthesis implantation is the last resort for refractory erectile dysfunction. Reservoir placement is one of the biggest challenges in inflatable penile prosthesis implant surgery in several cases, esp...

    Authors: Yunus Erol Bozkurt, Caner Buğra Akdeniz and Bilali Habeş Gümüş
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:8
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  40. Chronic post-penile prosthesis pain is de novo pain persisting > 2 months post-operatively. This pain is inadequately reported, poorly understood and undermanaged. The purpose of this current pilot study was t...

    Authors: Hassan Shaker, Nouran Omar El Said and Karim Omar ElSaeed
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:7
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  42. Authors: Ségolène Prades, Sarah-Lyne Jos, Jacqueline Saïas-Magnan, Louis Bujan, Florence Eustache, Oxana Blagosklonov, Eric Lechevallier, Florence Brugnon, Vanessa Loup-Cabaniols, Dorian Bosquet, Marie Prades, Bérengère Ducrocq, Céline Chalas, Sandrine Giscard-d’Estaing, Anne Mayeur, Isabelle Koscinsky…
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:5
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    The original article was published in Basic and Clinical Andrology 2023 33:35

  43. Acephalic spermatozoa syndrome is a rare type of teratozoospermia causing male infertility due to detachment of the sperm head and flagellum, which precludes fertilization potential. Although loss-of-function ...

    Authors: Khalid Khan, Xiangjun Zhang, Sobia Dil, Ihsan Khan, Ahsanullah Unar, Jingwei Ye, Aurang Zeb, Muhammad Zubair, Wasim Shah, Huan Zhang, Muzammil Ahmad Khan, Limin Wu, Bo Xu, Hui Ma, Zina Wen and Qinghua Shi
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:4
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  44. Inflammatory diseases may occur within the crypt beside the preputial frenulum in men. This study was performed to gain an understanding of the etiology, clinical manifestations, and management methods of cryp...

    Authors: Wenge Fan, Qingsong Zhang, Zhijiang Fan, Mei Wei and Yuan Zhu
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2024 34:3
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  47. Psychogenic erectile dysfunction (pED) is a common sexual dysfunction often accompanied by psychosomatic factors. Its treatment includes oral medications, psychotherapy, and behavioral therapy. Acupuncture’s e...

    Authors: Hao Wang, Xulu Lei, Dongyue Ma, Ziwei Zhao, Anmin Wang, Guanchao Du, Jiwei Zhang, Fu Wang and Jun Guo
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2023 33:40
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  48. Erectile dysfunction (ED) caused by intraoperative nerve injury is a major complication of pelvic surgery. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) have presented therapeutic potential in a rat model of bilateral ca...

    Authors: Shangbin Yang, Wancheng Shi, Qianhui Liu, Yingqiu Song and Jiafeng Fang
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2023 33:39
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  49. Peyronie’s disease affects up to 9% of men and is often accompanied by pain and/or erectile dysfunction. It is characterized by an inflammatory process that is the grassroots of the subsequent fibrosis stage. ...

    Authors: Felice Crocetto, Ciro Imbimbo, Biagio Barone, Davide Turchino, Umberto Marcello Bracale, Antonio Peluso, Marco Panagrosso, Alfonso Falcone, Benito Fabio Mirto, Luigi De Luca, Enrico Sicignano, Francesco Del Giudice, Gian Maria Busetto, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Gaetano Giampaglia, Celeste Manfredi…
    Citation: Basic and Clinical Andrology 2023 33:38
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