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Surgical treatment of male infertility in the era of intracytoplasmic sperm injection – new insights

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Title
Surgical treatment of male infertility in the era of intracytoplasmic sperm injection – new insights
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Clinics, August 2011
DOI 10.1590/s1807-59322011000800026
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Sandro C. Esteves, Ricardo Miyaoka, Ashok Agarwal

Abstract

Assisted reproductive technology is an evolving area, and several adjuvant procedures have been created to increase a couple's chance of conceiving. For male infertility, the current challenges are to properly accommodate old and new techniques that are both cost-effective and evidence-based. In this context, urologists are expected to diagnose, counsel, provide medical or surgical treatment whenever possible and/or correctly refer male patients for assisted conception. Urologists are sometimes part of a multiprofessional team in an assisted reproduction unit and are responsible for the above-cited tasks as well as the surgical retrieval of sperm from either the epididymides or testicles. We present a comprehensive review of the surgical treatment options for infertile males, including the perioperative planning and prognostic aspects, with an emphasis on the role of microsurgery in the optimization of treatment results. This review also discusses current techniques for sperm retrieval that are used in association with assisted reproductive technology and includes sperm retrieval success rates according to the technique and the type of azoospermia. New insights are provided with regard to each surgical treatment option in view of the availability of assisted conception to overcome male infertility.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 67 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 13%
Student > Bachelor 8 12%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Postgraduate 6 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 6%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 27 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 24 36%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 9%
Psychology 3 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Unspecified 1 1%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 29 43%