Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus

Taha Hamoda; Rupin Shah; Taymour Mostafa; Germar Michael Pinggera; Widi Atmoko; Amarnath Rambhatla; Manaf Al Hashimi; Selahittin Çayan; Giovanni Maria Colpi; Hiva Alipour; Edmund Ko; Armand Zini; Fotios Dimitriadis; Ayman Rashed; Hyun Jun Park; Ramadan Saleh; Tuncay Toprak; Aleksei Ryzhkov; Ateş Kadıoğlu; Hussein Kandil; Arif Kalkanli; Ahmed I. El-Sakka; Gokhan Calik; Marco Falcone; Haitham Elbardisi; Mohamed Arafa; Christopher Chee Kong Ho; Marlon Pedrozo Martinez; Saleh Binsaleh; Ahmad Tarek Motawi; Nazim Gherabi; Akira Tsujimura; Hisanori Taniguchi; Raghavender Kosgi; Aldo E. Calogero; Taras Shatylko; Dongsuk Kim; Charalampos Thomas; Nicholas N. Tadros; Sotiris Andreadakis; Muhammad Ujudud Musa; Charalampos Konstantinidis; Mirko Preto; Tan V. Le; Kareim Mohamed Khalafalla; Rossella Cannarella; Kasonde Bowa; Balasingam Balagobi; Darren Jonathan Katz; Quang Nguyen; Raman Tanwar; Edson Borges Junior; Ashok Agarwal

doi:10.5534/wjmh.250037

Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus

Taha Hamoda
, Rupin Shah
, Taymour Mostafa
, Germar Michael Pinggera
, Widi Atmoko
, Amarnath Rambhatla
, Manaf Al Hashimi
, Selahittin Çayan
, Giovanni Maria Colpi
, Hiva Alipour
, Edmund Ko
, Armand Zini
, Fotios Dimitriadis
, Ayman Rashed
, Hyun Jun Park
, Ramadan Saleh
, Tuncay Toprak
, Aleksei Ryzhkov
, Ateş Kadıoğlu
, Hussein Kandil

Arif Kalkanli, Ahmed I. El-Sakka, Gokhan Calik, Marco Falcone, Haitham Elbardisi, Mohamed Arafa, Christopher Chee Kong Ho, Marlon Pedrozo Martinez, Saleh Binsaleh, Ahmad Tarek Motawi, Nazim Gherabi, Akira Tsujimura, Hisanori Taniguchi, Raghavender Kosgi, Aldo E. Calogero, Taras Shatylko, Dongsuk Kim, Charalampos Thomas, Nicholas N. Tadros, Sotiris Andreadakis, Muhammad Ujudud Musa, Charalampos Konstantinidis, Mirko Preto, Tan V. Le, Kareim Mohamed Khalafalla, Rossella Cannarella, Kasonde Bowa, Balasingam Balagobi, Darren Jonathan Katz, Quang Nguyen, Raman Tanwar, Edson Borges Junior, Ashok Agarwal

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-105
Number of pages	16
Journal	World Journal of Men's Health
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.250037
State	Published - Jan 2026
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Aging
Reproductive Medicine
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health
Urology
Pharmacology (medical)

Keywords

Azoospermia
Guideline
Infertility
Pregnancy
Semen
Sperm retrieval

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Hamoda, T., Shah, R., Mostafa, T., Pinggera, G. M., Atmoko, W., Rambhatla, A., Al Hashimi, M., Çayan, S., Colpi, G. M., Alipour, H., Ko, E., Zini, A., Dimitriadis, F., Rashed, A., Park, H. J., Saleh, R., Toprak, T., Ryzhkov, A., Kadıoğlu, A., ... Agarwal, A. (2026). Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus. World Journal of Men's Health, 44(1), 90-105. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.250037

Hamoda, T, Shah, R, Mostafa, T, Pinggera, GM, Atmoko, W, Rambhatla, A, Al Hashimi, M, Çayan, S, Colpi, GM, Alipour, H, Ko, E, Zini, A, Dimitriadis, F, Rashed, A, Park, HJ, Saleh, R, Toprak, T, Ryzhkov, A, Kadıoğlu, A, Kandil, H, Kalkanli, A, El-Sakka, AI, Calik, G, Falcone, M, Elbardisi, H, Arafa, M, Ho, CCK, Martinez, MP, Binsaleh, S, Motawi, AT, Gherabi, N, Tsujimura, A, Taniguchi, H, Kosgi, R, Calogero, AE, Shatylko, T, Kim, D, Thomas, C, Tadros, NN, Andreadakis, S, Musa, MU, Konstantinidis, C, Preto, M, Le, TV, Khalafalla, KM, Cannarella, R, Bowa, K, Balagobi, B, Katz, DJ, Nguyen, Q, Tanwar, R, Junior, EB & Agarwal, A 2026, 'Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus', World Journal of Men's Health, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 90-105. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.250037

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