Single tubule biopsy: a new objective microsurgical advancement for testicular sperm retrieval in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 592-596

  Amer, Medhat ^a,b   Zohdy, Wael ^a,b   Abd El Naser, Taha ^a,b   Hosny, Hossam ^a,b   Arafa, Mohammed ^a,b   Fakhry, Emad ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Adam International Clinic   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; infertility; microdissection TESE; testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; EXCISION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SINGLE TUBULE BIOPSY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449083013     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.043     Document Type: Article

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