Outcome of varicocele repair in men with nonobstructive azoospermia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 246-253

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Miyaoka, Ricardo ^a   Roque, Matheus ^b,c   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a Androfert   (Brazil)

^b ORIGEN   (Brazil)

^c Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

azoospermia; male infertility; meta analysis; sperm retrieval; systematic review; varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; COMPLICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84957884633     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.169562     Document Type: Review

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