The workup and management of azoospermic males

Keith Jarvi¹, Kirk Lo¹, Ethan Grober¹, Victor Mak¹, Anthony Fischer², John Grantmyre³, Armand Zini⁴, Peter Chan⁴, Genevieve Patry⁵, Victor Chow⁶, Trustin Domes⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON;
² Division of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON;
³ Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS;
⁴ Division of Urology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC;
⁵ Hôtel-Dieu De Lévis, Lévis, QC;
⁶ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC;
⁷ Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon, SK.

PMID: 26316904
PMCID: PMC4537331
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.3209

The workup and management of azoospermic males

Keith Jarvi et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2015 Jul-Aug.

. 2015 Jul-Aug;9(7-8):229-35.

doi: 10.5489/cuaj.3209.

Authors

Keith Jarvi¹, Kirk Lo¹, Ethan Grober¹, Victor Mak¹, Anthony Fischer², John Grantmyre³, Armand Zini⁴, Peter Chan⁴, Genevieve Patry⁵, Victor Chow⁶, Trustin Domes⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON;
² Division of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON;
³ Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS;
⁴ Division of Urology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC;
⁵ Hôtel-Dieu De Lévis, Lévis, QC;
⁶ Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC;
⁷ Saskatoon Health Region, Saskatoon, SK.

PMID: 26316904
PMCID: PMC4537331
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.3209

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Figures

**Fig. 1.**
Algorithm for the investigation of low volume azoospermia. CF: cystic fibrosis; TRUS: transurethral ultrasound.

**Fig. 2.**
Algorithm for determining the category of normal semen volume azoospermia. FSH: follicular stimulating hormone; LH: luteinizing hormone.

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