Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?

Objective:To evaluate the relationship between male infertility and masturbation habits of patients who cannot provide a sperm sample.Materials and Methods:A total of 48 male patients aged 22-44 years who presented with complaints of primary infertility were included in the study. Patients who met t...

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Main Authors: Hasan Turgut, Güner Kemal Özgür
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Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Urological Surgery
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description Objective:To evaluate the relationship between male infertility and masturbation habits of patients who cannot provide a sperm sample.Materials and Methods:A total of 48 male patients aged 22-44 years who presented with complaints of primary infertility were included in the study. Patients who met the study criteria were requested to provide a spermiogram sample after a 3-7-days abstention from sexual relations. Sperm samples were surgically taken from patients who could not provide a sperm sample and pathology results of the samples from the testes were assessed. Patients with a surgically obtained sperm sample were named Group 1 and patients with no live cells found group 2. According to the parametric conditions of the data, the Independent Samples t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test were applied (p<0.05).Results:The rate of obtaining a sperm sample was statistically significantly higher in the group with a higher monthly frequency of masturbation. No significant difference was seen between the groups with respect to age (p=0.81). There was a statistical significant difference between the groups with respect to the number of masturbations per month (group 1: mean 4.0±1.3, group 2: mean 1.9±0.9) (p<0.001).Conclusion:The results of this study showed that there could be a relationship between the frequency of post-adolescent masturbation and azoospermia, although this relationship is not scientifically explained.
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spelling doaj-art-a84a971aed6340e5a7e53c77b1b9966d2025-08-20T03:38:54ZengGalenos Publishing HouseJournal of Urological Surgery2148-95802148-95802020-09-017320020310.4274/jus.galenos.2020.309713049054Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?Hasan Turgut0Güner Kemal Özgür1 Avrasya University Faculty of Health Science, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Trabzon, Turkiye Medicalpark Karadeniz Hospital, Clinic of Urology, Trabzon, Turkiye Objective:To evaluate the relationship between male infertility and masturbation habits of patients who cannot provide a sperm sample.Materials and Methods:A total of 48 male patients aged 22-44 years who presented with complaints of primary infertility were included in the study. Patients who met the study criteria were requested to provide a spermiogram sample after a 3-7-days abstention from sexual relations. Sperm samples were surgically taken from patients who could not provide a sperm sample and pathology results of the samples from the testes were assessed. Patients with a surgically obtained sperm sample were named Group 1 and patients with no live cells found group 2. According to the parametric conditions of the data, the Independent Samples t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test were applied (p<0.05).Results:The rate of obtaining a sperm sample was statistically significantly higher in the group with a higher monthly frequency of masturbation. No significant difference was seen between the groups with respect to age (p=0.81). There was a statistical significant difference between the groups with respect to the number of masturbations per month (group 1: mean 4.0±1.3, group 2: mean 1.9±0.9) (p<0.001).Conclusion:The results of this study showed that there could be a relationship between the frequency of post-adolescent masturbation and azoospermia, although this relationship is not scientifically explained. http://jurolsurgery.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/does-masturbation-frequency-effect-sperm-parameter/40011 azoospermiainfertilitymasturbation
spellingShingle Hasan Turgut
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Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
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azoospermia
infertility
masturbation
title Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
title_full Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
title_fullStr Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
title_full_unstemmed Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
title_short Does Masturbation Frequency Effect Sperm Parameters?
title_sort does masturbation frequency effect sperm parameters
topic azoospermia
infertility
masturbation
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