Testicular biopsy in the study of azoospermia | ||
| Mustansiriya Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 7-10 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; a Al-Deen Al-Dabbagh | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aims: to evaluate the role of testicular biopsy in the study of azoospermic patients. Patients and methods: a total of 67 infertile men with azoospermia were studied over 5 years period (February 2005 – March 2009). Their mean age was 33 years. They underwent bilateral testicular biopsy under general anaesthesia and the specimens were categorized according to histopathological patterns. Results: the histological evaluation of the testes revealed normal spermatogenesis in 12 patients (17.9 %), hypospermatogenesis in 4 (5.9 %), spermatogenic arrest in 39 (58.2 %), sertoli cell only in 7 (10.4 %) and complete tubular hyalinization in 5 patients (7.4 %). Conclusions: This study highlights the role of testicular biopsy as a reliable and useful technique for the investigation of patients with azoospermia. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Male infertility; azoospermia; Testicular biopsy; Histopathology | ||
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