The management of obstructive azoospermia: a committee opinion

Infertility due to obstructive azoospermia may be treated effectively by surgical reconstruction or by retrieval of sperm from the epididymis or testis, followed by in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

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Volume 111, Issue 5, Pages 873–880

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Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in collaboration with the Society for Male Reproduction and Urology

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Infertility due to obstructive azoospermia may be treated effectively by surgical reconstruction or by retrieval of sperm from the epididymis or testis, followed by in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection. This replaces the ASRM documents titled “Sperm retrieval for obstructive azoospermia” and “The management of infertility due to obstructive azoospermia,” last published in 2008.


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