Vasectomy reversal versus IVF with sperm retrieval: Which is better?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-509

  Shridharani, Anand ^a   Sandlow, Jay I ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; female fecundity; in vitro fertilization; sperm acquisition; vasectomy reversal

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASECTOMY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 78049251320     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32833f1b35     Document Type: Review

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