An update on sperm retrieval techniques for azoospermic males

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 99-110

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Miyaoka, Ricardo ^a   Orosz, José Eduardo ^a,b   Agarwal, Ashok ^c  

^a ANDROFERT Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Assisted reproductive techniques; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Review; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; AZOOSPERMIA; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

ANESTHESIA; AZOOSPERMIA; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

EID: 84875161753     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)11     Document Type: Review

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