FFP 469 | Male Factor Infertility | Professor Thinus Kruger

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Find out how to screen for male fertility issues in today’s episode with Professor Thinus Kruger!

Professor Kruger, the founder of the first IVF clinic in South Africa (Tygerberg Fertility Clinic, Stellenbosch University), is also the proud co-founder and partner of Aevitas Fertility Clinic, established in 2003. Prof Kruger acted as leader of the team at Tygerberg Fertility Clinic, which lead to

The first test tube baby in South Africa (1984);
The first frozen embryo pregnancy in South Africa, (1988);
The first baby born from ICSI (intra cytoplasmic sperm injection) in South Africa (1995)
Standardisation of international sperm morphology guidelines, by the World Health Organisation (WHO), from research conducted by the team.

From a personal and clinical perspective, Professor Kruger believes in a holistic approach towards infertility and always tries to assist his patients by solving problems in the simplest and most cost effect way possible.

In today’s episode we talk about male factor infertility, and the important role sperm morphology plays in natural conception.

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Topics discussed in today’s episode:

What brought Professor Kruger to focus on fertility challenges and more specifically, challenges in sperm morphology
Professor Kruger’s analyzation of sperm and that certain sperm shapes have a connection with pregnancy rates
What is morphology?
If morphology effects fertilization?
What the impact of male infertility can have on a couple trying to conceive naturally
What a female should know about morphology
What are things men can focus on when they are identified to have low morphology
The time frame a couple can expect it to take for the changes to take effect
Professor Kruger’s perspective on the decline in male sperm count and quality
Whether there is a link between morphology and quality of the sperm in terms of integrity of the DNA.
There are practical things to improve the quality of the males sperm if problems are detected in the males sperm

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You can connect with Professor Kruger on his website.

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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

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