Micro-dissection testicular sperm extraction as an alternative for sperm acquisition in the most difficult cases of Azoospermia: Technique and preliminary results in India

Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-123

  Ashraf, Mohamed C ^a   Singh, Sankalp ^a   Raj, Dharma ^a   Ramakrishnan, Sujatha ^a   Esteves, Sandro C ^b  

^a CRAFT Hospital and Research Centre Kodungalloor   (India)

^b Androfert   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; azoospermia; male infertility; microsurgery; sperm retrieval techniques; spermatozoa; sterility; testis

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INDIA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICRODISSECTION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84884238067     PISSN: 09741208     EISSN: 19984766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-1208.117175     Document Type: Article

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