Caracterización de la calidad del semen en hombres atendidos en un centro de reproducción asistida en Guayaquil, Ecuador

Gabriel Morey-León; Tatiana Puga-Torres; Xavier Blum-Rojas; Manuel González-González; Alexandra Narváez-Sarasti; Nancy Sorroza-Rojas

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2020.372.4973

Authors

Gabriel Morey-León Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Magíster en biotecnología http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1824-8285
Tatiana Puga-Torres Centro Nacional de Reproducción Asistida Innaifest, Hospital Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Magíster en biotecnología https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1104-5258
Xavier Blum-Rojas Centro Nacional de Reproducción Asistida Innaifest, Hospital Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador. doctor en patología clínica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2497-4219
Manuel González-González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador. magister en virología https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-8987
Alexandra Narváez-Sarasti Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador. bióloga https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3135-8019
Nancy Sorroza-Rojas Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador. magister en bioquímica clínica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2205-3790

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.372.4973

Keywords:

Spermatozoa, Male infertility, Spermogram, Sperm morphology, Teratozoospermia

Abstract

In order to characterize the quality of semen from men in an assisted reproduction center in the city of Guayaquil (Ecuador), 204 semen samples were collected from patients with fertility disorders aged 20 to 57 years, who were admitted between May 2017 and September 2018. A basic spermogram was performed on each sample, following the fabricant recommendations for the examination and processing of human semen. It was found that 27.4% of the samples presented normozoospermia. Among the disorders, it was found that 27.9% had teratozoospermia, 8.8% had oligoteratozoospermia and a higher number of patients were found to be between 30 and 39 years old. A high percentage of patients presented sperm morphology and quality values below the reference limits established by the World Health Organization.