ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the frequency of abnormality of semen in infertile couples presenting to a tertiary care hospital
Study design: cross sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Unit II [ward-9] Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, from January 2012 to June 2012
Methodology: sixty male members of infertile couples with ages between 18 - 50 year, who were referred to infertility clinic included in this study. After five days of sexual abstinence, patient's semen analysis was done according to the WHO protocol
Results: the mean age of the patients was 33.32 +/- 6.04 year. Abnormality of semen was found in 18[30%] cases. Out of this azoospermia was found in one [1.7%], oligozoospermia in three [5%] and asthenozoospermia in 14[23.3%] men
Conclusions: this study demonstrated that abnormal semen quality was a major factor of infertility in present cohort. The most common abnormality was poor motility of sperms