The mini-micro-epididymal sperm aspiration for sperm retrieval: A study of urological outcomes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1260-1265

  Nudell, David M ^a   Conaghan, Joseph ^a   Pedersen, Roger A ^a   Givens, Carolyn R ^a   Schriock, Eldon D ^a   Turek, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ICSI; MESA; Microsurgery; Sperm cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEDATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0031838793     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1260     Document Type: Article

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