Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration versus microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration for irreparable obstructive azoospermia - Experience with 100 cases

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 459-465

  Lin, Yung Ming ^a   Hsu, Chao Chin ^a,d   Kuo, Tsung Cheng ^b   Lin, Johnny Shinn Nan ^a   Wang, Shan Tair ^a   Huang, Ko En ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan United Birth Promoting Experts   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Microsurgical epididymal sperm; Percutaneous epididymal sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM PRESERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0033913615     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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