Seven key recommendations for GPs from Australia’s first male infertility guidelines

Both male and female partners should be assessed in parallel in the initial infertility evaluations, they say.

The first Australian guidelines on male infertility, which urge doctors to assess couples together to avoid treatment delays, have been released.

Published in The Medical Journal of Australia, they say infertility affects about one in six couples and a male factor may contribute to 50% of cases.

“The male contribution to couple infertility has been recognised by international clinical practice guidelines for more than two decades but, until recently, Australian-based guidelines did not exist,” the authors, led by urologist Associate Clinical Professor Darren Katz, wrote.

Aimed at GPs, gynaecologists, endocrinologists and urologists, each of the guidelines is rated as mandatory, recommended or suggested, depending on the level of evidence and their perceived importance.

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