Role of tissue digestion and extensive sperm search after microdissection testicular sperm extraction
Role of tissue digestion and extensive sperm search after microdissection testicular sperm extraction
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DOI:
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.033
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发表时间:
2011-08-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Schlegel, Peter N.
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作者:
Ramasamy, Ranjith;Reifsnyder, Jennifer E.;Schlegel, Peter N.
Objective: To report the chance of sperm discovery in the laboratory when sperm were not identified in the operating room (OR).Design: Clinical retrospective study.Setting: Department of urology at a tertiary university hospital.Patient(s): A total of 1,054 men with nonobstructive azoospermia who underwent microdissection testicular sperm extraction.Intervention(s): Preoperative and intraoperative parameters were analyzed relative to the chance of sperm identification using a tissue digestion protocol in the laboratory if no sperm were observed in the OR.Main Outcome Measure(s): Sperm retrieval, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates.Result(s): Sperm were found in the OR in 52.5% of the 1,054 men. Of the 501 men for whom sperm were not identified by andrologists in the OR, sperm were found in the laboratory for an additional 35 (7%). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, the presence of germ cells intraoperatively was the only predictor of identifying sperm in the laboratory after tissue digestion.Conclusion(s): In men undergoing microdissection testicular sperm extraction, when sperm were not observed in the OR despite extensive mechanical processing, sperm were observed in the laboratory for 7% of the men. This information is valuable in counseling couples in the immediate postoperative period when no sperm were identified intraoperatively. (Fertil Steril (R) 2011; 96: 299-302. (c) 2011 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)