ArticleTurkish journal of urology2018
Do body mass index, hormone profile and testicular volume effect sperm retrieval rates of microsurgical sperm extraction in the patients with nonobstructive azoospermia?
Article in Turkish journal of urology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Effect of paternal overweight or obesity on semen parameters, clinical pregnancy and live birth outcomes in men treated with intrauterine insemination (IUI).Translational andrology and urology · 2024Article
- Effects of the body mass index of males on hormone levels, sperm and embryo parameters, and clinical outcomes in non-obstructive azoospermia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational andrology and urology · 2023Article
- Success rate and ART outcome of microsurgical sperm extraction in non obstructive azoospermia: A retrospective study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2021Article
- Testicular ultrasound inhomogeneity is an informative parameter for fertility evaluation.Asian journal of andrologyObservational
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Abstract
objectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and the mean testicular volume on sperm retrieval rates in microsurgical sperm extraction (microTESE) in the patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA). MATERIAL AND
methodsThe data of 282 infertile patients with NOA were analysed retrospectively. The patients with normal karyotype and no Y microdeletions were included in the study. The patients were classified according to their BMI scores and the medical history, physical examination and hormonal parameters were evaluated. The overall data were processed statistically with chi-square and logistic regression analysis and the relation between preoperative findings and sperm retrieval rates was investigated.
resultsThe sperm retrieval rate of 282 patients after microTESE was found as 41.1%. There was no statistically significant difference in sperm retrieval rates among the subgroups classified according to BMI. FSH and LH levels and the mean testicular volume and pathologic findings were significantly correlated with sperm retrieval rates.
conclusionFinally significant correlation was determined between sperm retrieval rates and FSH, and LH levels and testicular volumes but no statistically significant difference was found in sperm retrieval rates among BMI groups.
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