In the era of micro-dissection sperm retrieval (m-TESE) is an isolated testicular biopsy necessary in the management of men with non-obstructive azoospermia?

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-424

  Kalsi, Jas ^a,b   Thum, Meen Yau ^c   Muneer, Asif ^a   Abdullah, Hossam ^c   Minhas, Suks ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro TESE; non obstructive azoospermia; sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CF GENE; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION SPERM RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84855922201     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10399.x     Document Type: Article

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