The Men’s Center of CIFS brings together andrology, urology and male sexual medicine in the same building in Via della Fortezza 6, Florence. The same team that reads a spermiogram also performs the scrotal and penile colour doppler, the hormone assessment and the urological consultation, so a man who starts with a single symptom does not have to repeat his story in three different places.
What the Men’s Center deals with
Three families of problems arrive at this department. The first is fertility: altered sperm count, motility or morphology, varicocele, azoospermia. The second is sexual function: impotence, erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, which often appear together with anxiety and relationship difficulties. The third is the prostate and the hormonal balance of the adult male: prostatitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy and andropause.
The examinations available on site
The first test for male fertility is the seminal fluid analysis, performed at the centre laboratory according to World Health Organization criteria, together with the Mar Test, the sperm nuclear fragmentation test and the capacitation test. Depending on the result, the assessment continues with hormone dosages, scans of the kidneys, prostate, seminal vesicles and testicles, colour doppler of the penile vessels and of the scrotal veins. Microbiological swabs — balano-preputial, glans, endourethral, Meares-Stamey test — identify the infections that silently reduce fertility and keep a prostatitis going.
Booking a consultation
Consultations are by appointment. Call +39 055 470521 or +39 055 485524, or write to [email protected]. The reception is open Monday to Friday, 09–13 and 14–19:30. Most of the assessment — consultation, ultrasound and laboratory sampling — can be concentrated in a single morning. The full list of services is described in the center activities page, and the medical team is presented in the staff page.