Quantitative analysis of testicular histology in patients with vas deferens obstruction caused by childhood inguinal herniorrhaphy: Comparison to vasectomized men

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 564-567

  Matsuda, Tadashi ^b   Hiura, Yoshihito ^b   Muguruma, Koei ^b   Okuno, Hiroshi ^b   Horii, Yasuki ^b   Yoshida, Osamu ^b  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

herniorrhaphy; histology; testis; vas deferens; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0030067533     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66450-4     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Belker, A. M., Thomas, A. J., Jr., Fuchs, E. F., Konnak, J. W. and Sharlip, I. D.: Results of 1,469 microsurgical vasectomy reversals by the vasovasostomy study group. J. Urol., 145: 505, 1991.
2. Jarow, J. P., Budin, R. E., Dym, M., Zirkin, B. R., Noren, S. and Marshall, F. F.: Quantitative pathologic changes in the human testis after vasectomy. A controlled study. New Engl. J. Med., 313: 1252, 1985.
3. Jenkins, I. L., Muir, V. Y., Blacklock, N. J., Turk, J. L. and Hanley, H. G.: Consequences of vasectomy: an immunological and histological study related to subsequent fertility. Brit. J. Urol., 51: 406, 1979.
4. Bedford, J. M.: Adaptations of the male reproductive tract and the fate of spermatozoa following vasectomy in the rabbit, rhesus monkey, hamster and rat. Biol. Reprod., 14: 118, 1976.
5. Flickinger, C. J., Herr, J. C., Howards, S. S., Caloras, D., Yarbro, E. S., Spell, D. R. and Gallien, T. N.: The influence of vasovasostomy on testicular alterations after vasectomy in Lewis rats. Anat. Rec., 217: 137, 1987.
6. Barratt, C. L. and Cohen, J.: Quantitative effects of short- and long-term vasectomy on mouse spermatogenesis and sperm transport. Contraception, 37: 415, 1988.
7. Matsuda, T., Horii, Y. and Yoshida, O.: Unilateral obstruction of the vas deferens caused by childhood inguinal herniorrhaphy in male infertility patients. Fertil. Steril., 58: 609, 1992.
8. Skakkebaek, N. E. and Heller, C. G.: Quantification of human seminiferous epithelium. I. Histological studies in twenty-one fertile men with normal chromosome complements. J. Reprod. Fertil., 32: 379, 1973.
9. Rowley, M. J. and Heller, C. G.: Quantitation of the cells of the seminiferous epithelium of the human testis employing the Sertoli cell as a constant. Z. Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat., 115: 461, 1971.
10. Clarke, G. N., Stojanoff, A., Cauchi, M. N. and Johnston, W. I.: The immunoglobulin class of antispermatozoal antibodies in serum. Amer. J. Reprod. Immunol. Microbiol., 7: 143, 1985.
11. Silber, S. J.: Microscopic technique for reversal of vasectomy. Surg., Gynec. & Obst., 143: 630, 1976.
12. Matsuda, T., Horii, Y., Muguruma, K., Komatz, Y., and Yoshida, O.: Microsurgical epididymovasostomy for obstructive azoospermia: factors affecting postoperative fertility. Eur. Urol., 26: 322, 1994.
13. Silber, S. J. and Rodriguez-Rigau, L. J.: Quantitative analysis of testicle biopsy: determination of partial obstruction and prediction of sperm count after surgery for obstruction. Fertil. Steril., 36: 480, 1981.
14. Pesce, C. M.: The testicular biopsy in the evaluation of male infertility., Sem. Diagn. Path., 4: 264, 1987.
15. Johnson, L., Zane, R. S., Petty, C. S. and Neaves, W. B.: Quantification of the human Sertoli cell population: its distribution, relation to germ cell numbers, and age-related decline. Biol. Reprod., 31: 785, 1984.
16. Matsuda, T., Muguruma, K., Horii, Y., Ogura, K. and Yoshida, O.: Serum antisperm antibodies in men with vas deferens obstruction caused by childhood inguinal herniorrhaphy. Fertil. Steril., 59: 1095, 1993.
17. Hargreave, T. B., Busuttil, A., Elton, R. A., Harvey, J., Chan, A. and Chisholm, G. D.: Studies of testicular and epididymal damage in relation to the occurrence of antisperm antibodies. Brit. J. Urol., 54: 769, 1982.
18. Silber, S. J.: Sperm granuloma and reversibility of vasectomy. Lancet, 2: 588, 1977.