Your guide to the nation's top male infertility doctors, and
what to know before you go.      back to FAQ list  Azoospermia
is the term used when there is a complete absence of sperm in
the ejaculate. Most patients assume that this diagnosis would
rule out the possibility of his ever conceiving a child; if
there are no sperm how can there be conception? However the
reality is that a semen analysis which shows the absence of
sperm in the ejaculate does not rule out either the possibility
that sperm is being produced and not delivered to the semen, or
that interventions may help the man produce sperm. Even in those
cases where after intervention there is still no sperm in the
ejaculate, there may be a possibility of harvesting small
amounts of sperm, which have been produced in the testes as a
result of the interventions.  A Production Problem or a Delivery
Problem?   Production Problems    Testicular Failure: This
generally refers to the inability of the sperm producing part of
the testicle (the seminiferous e