Epididymal sperm retrieval by epididymal micropuncture combined with intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Difference between acquired and congenital irreparable obstructive azoospermia

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Yamamoto, Masanori ^a   Hibi, Hatsuki ^a   Asada, Yoshimasa ^b   Suganuma, Nobuhiko ^b   Tomoda, Yutaka ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired azoospermia; Congenital azoospermia; Epididymal micropuncture; Obstructive azoospermia; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SECRETION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030972242     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282977     Document Type: Article

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