Salvage micro-dissection testicular sperm extraction; Outcome in men with non-obstructive azoospermia with previous failed sperm retrievals

BJU International

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 460-465

  Kalsi, Jas S ^a,b   Shah, Paras ^c   Thum, Yau ^d   Muneer, Asif ^c,d   Ralph, David J ^c   Minhas, Suks ^c,d  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d Lister Fertility Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

m TESE; non obstructive azoospermia; salvage; success

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRO DISSECTION TESTICULAR EXPLORATION SPERM EXTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CYTOLOGY; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84938956279     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12932     Document Type: Article

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