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ArticleUrology research & practice2023

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

Tharu Tharakan, Rong Luo, Daniel Foran, Miles Smith, Channa N Jayasena, Suks Minhas

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Article in Urology research & practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tharu TharakanDepartment of Urology, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK; Section of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Rong LuoSection of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Daniel ForanSection of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Miles SmithSection of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Channa N JayasenaSection of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Suks MinhasDepartment of Urology, Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
Imperial College London · GBCharing Cross Hospital · GBImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · GB

Funding

Department of Health PDF-2017-10-098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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PMID33112735
PMCPMC12481787
OpenAlexW3095555836

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