Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus
The GAF guidelines address discrepancies in NOA management across diverse clinical settings and provide comprehensive graded recommendations to guide clinicians in its diagnosis and treatment. Developed and graded by a large worldwide panel of experts, the current guidelines present simplified, high-standard strategies that can be seamlessly integrated into the daily global practice, offering practitioners a clear framework for managing NOA.
Authors
- A.I. Ryzhkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7919-9830)
- Nazim Gherabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7364-047X)
- Akira Tsujimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-5184)
- Arif Kalkanlı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6509-4720)
- R. K. Tanwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-8408)
- Sotiris Andreadakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-6105)
- Т. В. Шатылко (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3902-9236)
- Saleh Binsaleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-4749)
- Dong Suk Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7350-0303)
- Mohamed Arafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-8857)
- Hiva Alipour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8500-4208)
- Ashok Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-1026)
- Rupin Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7868-5949)
- Kasonde Bowa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7032-7998)
- Fotios Dimitriadis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1198-9144)
- Tuncay Toprak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1348-5273)
- Nicholas N. Tadros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2272-235X)
- Ahmad Motawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-0604)
- Widi Atmoko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-7083)
- Charalampos Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-2221)
- Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid Hamoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-4088)
- Kareim Khalafalla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9476-4869)
- Ramadan Saleh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0503-3533)
- Christopher C.K. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8757-6867)
- Manaf Al Hashimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2458-179X)
- Aldo Eugenio Calogero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6950-335X)
- Gökhan Çalık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-9666)
- Edson Borges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-1925)
- Marlon Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1191-8154)
- Hyun Jun Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0566-9574)
- Taymour Mostafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-0662)
- Marco Falcone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-892X)
- Ayman Rashed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1994-2228)
- Amarnath Rambhatla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1383-6670)
- Armand Zini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2194-5578)
- Ahmed I. El‐Sakka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5952)
- Darren Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0861-5643)
- Hisanori Taniguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-0369)
- Mirko Preto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-6498)
- Quang Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1670-8885)
- Muhammad Ujudud Musa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-5447)
- Ateş Kadıoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4239-7638)
- Hussein Kandil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-3274)
- Edmund Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-3616)
- Tan V. Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-7453)
- Selahi̇tti̇n Çayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4784-2208)
- B. Balagobi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7632-9644)
- Raghavender Kosgi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2178-0857)
- Charalampos Konstantinidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4689-6899)
- Germar‐Michael Pinggera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-2494)
- Giovanni M. Colpi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-1777)
- Rossella Cannarella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4599-8487)
- Haitham Elbardisi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3902-7924)
Institutions
- Gebze Technical University (TR)
- Suez Canal University (EG)
- Kansai Medical University (JP)
- University of Santo Tomas Hospital (PH)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Cairo University (EG)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Khalifa University of Science and Technology (AE)
- Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VN)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (VN)
- University of Ioannina (GR)
- University of Jaffna (LK)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- University of Lusaka (ZM)
- Yaroslavl State Medical Academy (RU)
- Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre (IN)
- King Saud University (SA)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Istanbul Medipol University (TR)
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic (NG)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (IT)
- Mafraq Hospital (AE)
- CARE Fertility (US)
- Swiss Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CH)
- Mito Saiseikai General Hospital (JP)
- Global College (CY)
- Biruni University (TR)
- University of Algiers 3 (DZ)
- Hyderabad Rheumatology Center (IN)
- Pusan National University Hospital (KR)
- Western Health (AU)
- Fertility Medical Group (BR)
- Corfu General Clinic (GR)
- Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (US)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I.Kulakov of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (RU)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital (JP)
- National Rehabilitation Center (KR)
- Taylor's University (MY)
- National Medical Research Center of Cardiology (RU)
- CHA University (KR)
- Melbourne Clinic (AU)
- Federal Medical Centre (NG)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
- Viet Duc Hospital (VN)
- Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Nasional Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (ID)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- IVI Middle East Fertility Clinic (AE)
- October 6 University (EG)
- CHA University Gangnam Medical Center (KR)
- Pusan National University (KR)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Mersin Üniversitesi (TR)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Qatar University (QA)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Minia University (EG)
- Sohag University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The World Journal of Men s Health
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.250037
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40