Open AccessINDICATIONS OF TESTICULAR BIOPSY IN STERILE MEN
Author(s) -
J Raboch,
Z Záhor
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.208
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1741-7899
pISSN - 1470-1626
DOI - 10.1530/jrf.0.0020290
Subject(s) - germinal epithelium , azoospermia , medicine , biopsy , epididymitis , obstructive azoospermia , surgery , pathology , spermatogenesis , infertility , andrology , biology , pregnancy , genetics
The authors analyse some of the results of examination of 607 sterile patients, in which probatory excision from the testicles had been performed. They have reached the following conclusions. Testicular biopsy is a decisive diagnostic method in the case of a repeated finding of azoospermia. In these cases, the following three conditions must be satisfied before probatory excision is carried out:
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom