Guillaume Bachelot, Anna Ly, Diane Rivet-Danon, Nathalie Sermondade, Valentine Frydman, Antonin Lamazière, Rahaf Haj Hamid, Rachel Levy, Charlotte Dupont
Azoospermia, defined as the absence of sperm in the semen, is found in 10-15 % of infertile patients. Two-thirds of these cases are caused by impaired spermatogenesis, known as non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA). In this context, surgical sperm extraction using testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is the best option and can be offered to patients as part of fertility preservation, or to benefit from in vitro fertilization. The aim of the preoperative assessment is to identify the cause of NOA and evaluate the status of spermatogenesis...
April 1, 2024: Annales de Biologie Clinique