Strategies in Infertile Azoospermic Patients with Negative Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction Surgery.

Tharakan T., Luo R., Foran D., Smith M., Jayasena CN., Minhas S.

Non-obstructive azoospermia is reported to affect 1 in 100 men, and despite advances in surgical practice, the succesful sperm retrieval rate for microdissection testicular sperm extraction surgery (mTESE) is only 46%. This article reviews the potential causes for mTESE failure and provides a management strategy to guide the clinicians on how to treat this challenging cohort of patients.

DOI

10.5152/tud.2020.20435

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

49

Pages

65 - 72

Total pages

7

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