Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration as a method for sperm retrieval in men with obstructive azoospermia seeking fertility: operative and laboratory aspects
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Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration as a method for sperm retrieval in men with obstructive azoospermia seeking fertility: operative and laboratory aspects
INTRODUCTION Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD) is a non-treatable cause of obstructive azoospermia (OA). However, the affected men can father children by undergoing sperm retrieval (SR) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). MATERIALS AND METHODS This video describes percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA), performed on a 36 year--old male with CBAVD. In PESA ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International braz j urol
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1677-5538
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2015.0064