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Follicle-stimulating hormone as a predictor for sperm retrieval rate in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- An examination of predictive markers for successful sperm extraction procedures: a linear model and systematic review.Asian journal of andrologyPooled it
- Global Andrology Forum (GAF) Clinical Guidelines on the Management of Non-obstructive Azoospermia: Bridging the Gap between Controversy and Consensus.The world journal of men's health · 2026Article
- Strategies in Infertile Azoospermic Patients with Negative Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction Surgery.Urology research & practice · 2023Article
- Clinical parameters as predictors for sperm retrieval success in azoospermia: experience from Indonesia.F1000Research · 2023Article
- Enzymatic tissue processing after testicular biopsy in non-obstructive azoospermia enhances sperm retrieval.Human reproduction open · 2023Article
- Azoospermic men with isolated elevation of folliclestimulating hormone represent a specific subpopulation of patients with poor reproductive outcomes.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2022Article
- Varicocele: An Endocrinological Perspective.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Review
- Outcome prediction of microdissection testicular sperm extraction based on extracellular vesicles piRNAs.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2021Article
- Two Decades from the Introduction of Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction: How This Surgical Technique Has Improved the Management of NOA.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Non-obstructive azoospermia: current and future perspectives.Faculty reviews · 2021Review
- Predictors of surgical sperm retrieval in non-obstructive azoospermia: summary of current literature.International urology and nephrology · 2020Review
- Determining an optimal cut-off value for follicle-stimulating hormone to predict microsurgical testicular sperm extraction outcome in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2020Article
- Risk factors affecting post-pubertal high serum follicle-stimulating hormone in patients with hypospadias.World journal of urology · 2019Article
- Prediction model for testis histology in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: evidence for a limited predictive role of serum follicle-stimulating hormone.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2019Article
- Analysis of factors affecting repeat microdissection testicular sperm extraction outcomes in infertile men.Turkish journal of urology · 2019Article
- A risk prediction model of sperm retrieval failure with fine needle aspiration in males with non-obstructive azoospermia.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- Preclinical evaluation of a TEX101 protein ELISA test for the differential diagnosis of male infertility.BMC medicine · 2017Article
- Predictive significance of serum inhibin B on testicular haploid gamete retrieval outcomes in nonobstructive azoospermic men.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
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Abstract
Noninvasive parameters for predicating sperm retrieval rate (SRR) are desirables. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) has been an important predictor since the first years of testicular sperm extraction. Recent studies showed continuous interests in FSH, with both pros and cons. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic value of FSH as a predictor for patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) taking testicular sperm retrieval. Eligible diagnosis tests were identified from electronic databases (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, and EMBASE) without language restrictions. The database search, quality assessment, and data extraction were performed independently by two reviewers. The reference standard was the sperm retrieval result. Diagnostic value of FSH were explored by area under receiver operation characteristics (ROC) curve using Review Manager, version 5.1.0 (Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, UK) and Meta-DiSc, version 1.4. Meta regression will be done if there is heterogeneity. Then, we find 11 tests including a total of 1350 patients met the inclusion criteria. Our pooled analysis showed that the area under ROC curve of FSH was 0.72 ± 0.04. Meta regression analyses showed that region and average age have an influence on the diagnostic value. FSH showed more diagnostic value with patients in East Asia and with younger patients. We concluded that FSH had moderate value in independently predicating SRR in men with NOA (area under curve >0.7). More detailed diagnosis tests should be anticipated in the future to confirm the diagnostic value of other noninvasive parameters.
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