‘Patients freak out’: Leading andrologist says male infertility still misunderstood

Male fertility specialist Professor Robert McLachlan explains the implications of new data on male infertility.
Professor Robert McLachlan.

Until recently, the male infertility factor as a contributor to IVF was limited to a yes or no tick-box on a couple’s clinical record.

That changed in 2020 when fertility centres were asked to provide the cause of male infertility, or spermatogenic failure, when known.