Efficacy of microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in obstructive azoospermia

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-72

  Son, Il Pyo ^a   Hong, Jae Yup ^a   Lee, You Sik ^a   Park, Yong Seog ^a   Jun, Jin Hyun ^a   Lee, Ho Joon ^a   Kang, Inn Soo ^a   Jun, Jong Young ^a  

^a Cheil General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

alloplastic spermatocele; congenital absence of the vas deferens; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration; unreconstructable obstructive azoospermia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCELE; VAS DEFERENS;

EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOCELE; SPERMATOZOA; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030027025     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02068873     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Dubin L, Amelar R: Etiologic factors in 1294 consecutive cases of male infertility. Fertil Steril 1971;22:469-474
2. Turner TT: On the development and use of alloplastic spermatoceles. Fertil Steril 1988;49:387-395
3. Temple-Smith PD, Southwick GJ, Yates CW, Trousen AD, deKreser DM: Human pregnancy by in vitro fertilization (IVF) using sperm aspirated from the epididymis. J Vitro Pert Embryo Transfer 1985;2:119-122
4. Silber SJ, Balmaceda J, Borreo C, Ord T, Asch R: Pregnancy with sperm aspiration from the proximal head of the epididymis: A new treatment for congenital absence of the vas deferens. Fertil Steril 1988;50:525-528
5. Silber SJ, Ord T, Balmaceda J, Patrizio P, Asch R: Congenital absence of the vas deferens: The fertilizing capacity of human epididymal sperm. N Engl J Med 1990;323:1788-1792
6. Ord T, Marello E, Patrizio P, Balmaceda J, Silber SJ, Asch R: The role of the laboratory in the handling of epididymal sperm for assist reproductive technologies. Fertil Steril 1992;57:1103-1106
7. Olar TT, La Nasa J, Dickey RP, Taylor SN, Curole DN: Fertilization of human oocyte by microinjection of human sperm aspiration from the caput epididymis on an individual with obstructive azoospermia. J Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 1990;7:160-164
8. Tournaye H, Nagy Z, Devroey P, Lissens W, Liu J, Van Steirteghem A: Microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A new effective approach to infertility as a result of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. Fertil Steril 1994;61:1045-1051