Status of semen analysis comment on “A survey on the status of semen analysis in 118 laboratories in China” by Jin-Chun Lu et al. in Asian Journal of Andrology

The paper by Lu et al. [1] ＂A survey on the status of semen analysis in 118 laboratories in China＂ provides a major review of the current methods of semen analysis in mainland China. It involved a 36-item questionnaire completed by technicians in 118 of a possible 145 potential semen laboratories. Recruitment for the study was via contacts developed at Chinese Andrology meetings and training sessions between 2005 and 2007. It is not stated how comprehensive this strategy would be for accessing all semen laboratories in China. About half the participating laboratories were in general hospitals and the others in hospitals with academic affiliations or family planning institutes.