Microdissection testicular sperm extraction: Prediction, outcome, and complications

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 883-889

  Tsujimura, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Microdissection TESE; Non obstructive azoospermia; Outcome; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; GERM CELL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MICRODISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548757981     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01828.x     Document Type: Review

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