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Microsurgery in andrologic urology. II. Alloplastic spermatocele
Author(s) -
Wagenknecht L. V.,
Weitze K. H.,
Hoppe L. P.,
Krause D.,
Becker H.,
Schirren C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920010604
Subject(s) - medicine , microsurgery , urology , gynecology , andrology , surgery
Experimental studies in rats and bulls demonstrated the feasibility of using a silicone‐Dacron prosthesis as a sperm reservoir in cases of excretory azoospermia. In the study in bulls, 50% of the cows inseminated with spermatozoa aspirated from the alloplastic spermatocele conceived and delivered healthy calves. The clinical results of a series of 14 humans suffering from excretory azoospermia not treatable by other means (e.g., epididymovasostomy or vasovasostomy) also are presented. The aspirations from these spermatoceles produced motile spermatozoa; however, none of the patients' spouses conceived after insemination.