Tissue perfusion-controlled guided biopsies are essential for the outcome of testicular sperm extraction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1071-1076

  Herwig, Ralf ^a   Tosun, Kadir ^b   Schuster, Antonius ^c   Rehder, Peter ^b   Glodny, Bernhard ^b   Wildt, Ludwig ^b   Illmensee, Karl ^b   Pinggera, Germar Michael ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch   (Austria)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology (ART); color Doppler ultrasound; intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Laser Doppler flowmetry; perfusion controlled testicular biopsy testicular sperm extraction (TESE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL STUDY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE PERFUSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 34247483545     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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