Role of tissue digestion and extensive sperm search after microdissection testicular sperm extraction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Ramasamy, Ranjith ^a   Reifsnyder, Jennifer E ^a   Bryson, Campbell ^a   Zaninovic, Nikica ^a   Liotta, Deborah ^a   Cook, Carol Ann ^a   Hariprashad, June ^a   Weiss, Dina ^a   Neri, Queenie ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; biopsy; FSH; microdissection; predictors; pregnancy; TESE; testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; DIGESTION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OPERATING ROOM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GELATINASES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960637067     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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