Varicocelectomy does not impact pregnancy outcomes following intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedures

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-243

  Pasqualotto, Fabio F ^a,b   Braga, Daniela P A F ^a,b   Figueira, Rita C S ^a,b   Setti, Amanda S ^a,b   Iaconelli, Assumpto ^a,b   Borges, Edson ^a,b  

^a Fertility Assisted Fertilization Center   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; ICSI; Male infertility; Spermatozoa; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856953699     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.011932     Document Type: Article

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