Obstructive azoospermia: A microsurgical success story

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-164

  Tanrikut, Cigdem ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility; Microsurgery; Obstructive azoospermia; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATORY DUCT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGICAL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VASECTOMY;

AZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 63449100894     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202304     Document Type: Article

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