Successful repeat microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Ramasamy, Ranjith ^a   Ricci, Joseph A ^a   Leung, Robert A ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility, male; Klinefelter syndrome; reoperation; sperm retrieval; testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

EID: 79851512142     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.10.066     Document Type: Article

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