BACKGROUND Different sperm retrieval procedures can help retrieve sperms that can be used for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) in azoospermic men. The objective was to compare the Intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome, through different sperm retrieval procedures in azoospermic men. METHODS A Retrospective Study was carried out at Islamabad Clinic Serving Infertile Couples from Sept...

background: about 10% to 15% of infertile men have azoospermia, which could be obstructive or non-obstructive. diagnostic biopsy from the testis and recently testicular sperm extraction (tese) are the most precise investigations in these patients. testicular biopsy can be done unilaterally or bilaterally. the worth of unilateral or bilateral testicular biopsy in men with azoospermia is controve...

background: the most common chromosomal abnormality due to non-obstructive azoospermia (noa) is klinefelter syndrome (ks) which occurs in 1-1.72 out of 500-1000 male infants. the probability of retrieving sperm as the outcome could be asymmetrically different between patients with and without ks, therefore logistic regression analysis is not a well-qualified test for this type of data. this stu...

background: to evaluate predictive factors of successful microdissection-testicular sperm extraction (md-tese) in patients with presumed sertoli cell-only syndrome (scos). materials and methods: in this retrospective analysis, 874 men with non-obstructive azoospermia (noa), among whom 148 individuals with diagnosis of scos in prior biopsy, underwent md-tese at department of andrology, royan ins...

Four distinct studies were carried out using two data sets of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedures performed from March 1993 to January 1997. In study A, an analysis of 181 ICSI treatment cycles following PESA revealed a successful epididymal sperm retrieval rate of 83%. It confirmed that PESA is an effective sperm retrieval meth...

INTRODUCTION Testicular sperm extraction with intracytoplasmic sperm injection is the standard treatment for azoospermia. The objective of this study is to identify predictive factors of successful sperm retrieval. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between June 2003 and May 2011, we tried testicular sperm extraction (TESE) in 74 azoospermic patients in the Reproductive Medicine Unit of Son Espases Hospit...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2015;4(S1) www.amepc.org/tau consequently. The tubules larger than 300 μm were sampled for immediate table side touch print smear examination and the tissues were transferred to Bouin’s fixatives for further pathological examination. The whole procedure was videotaped for future review. The location of sperm-positiv...

Male factor is the sole reason or a component for infertility in 20 and 30% of cases respectively. The management of the disease may be via medical or surgical treatment. The surgical approach is classified as techniques which improves sperm production and delivery in order to achieve spontaneous pregnancy or sperm retrieval techniques prior to assisted reproductive techniques (ART). Varicocele...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate cost per delivery using two different initial approaches to the treatment of postvasectomy infertility. DESIGN Model of expected costs and results in the United States in 1994. SETTING Men with postvasectomy infertility, evaluated and treated at centers with experience in vasectomy reversal or sperm retrieval and ICSI. PATIENT(S) Men with postvasectomy infertility, w...

background: the availability of testis specific genes will be of help in choosing the most promising biomarkers for the detection of testicular sperm retrieval in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (noa). testis specific chromodomain protein y 1 (cdy1) is a histone acetyltransferase which concentrates in the round spermatid nucleus, where histone hyperacetylation occurs and causes the re...