Results of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in two major groups of patients with obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2443-2446

  Meniru, Godwin I ^a,b   Gorgy, Amin ^a   Podsiadly, Barbara T ^a   Craft, Ian L ^a  

^a London Gynaecology Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Jerudong Park Medical Centre   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Congenital absence of the vas deferens; ICSI; PESA; Vasectomy reversal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0030815273     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.11.2443     Document Type: Article

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