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Chapter 10 - Methods for Enhancing Surgical Sperm Retrieval Success

from Part II - Sperm Retrieval

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2021

By
Jordan A. Cohen  and
Ranjith Ramasamy
Edited by
Ashok Agarwal ,
Ahmad Majzoub  and
Sandro C. Esteves
Ashok Agarwal
Affiliation:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
Ahmad Majzoub
Affiliation:
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Sandro C. Esteves
Affiliation:
Andrology & Human Reproduction Clinic, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Summary

Patients with azoospermia were once considered to be infertile, with few treatment options. A number of sperm retrieval methods have been developed to obtain spermatozoa from the epididymis and testicles of azoospermic men. This chapter addresses methods for enhancing surgical sperm retrieval and highlights the techniques, imaging modalities, medical therapies, and additional procedures that have led to this increased success.

Keywords

sperm retrievalmicro-TESEmultiphoton microscopyvaricocele repair
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Manual of Sperm Retrieval and Preparation in Human Assisted Reproduction , pp. 86 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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