The Effect of Prior Varicocelectomy in Patients With Nonobstructive Azoospermia on Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Outcomes: A Retrospective Pilot Study

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-86

  Haydardedeoglu, Bulent ^a   Turunc, Tahsin ^a   Kilicdag, Esra Bulgan ^a   Gul, Umit ^a   Bagis, Tayfun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; VARICOCELE;

EID: 72249116732     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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