When to pull the trigger in nonazoospermic infertile men undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection?

Sandro C Esteves^{1

2

3}, Sheena Em Lewis^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, 13075-460 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
² Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
³ Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT71NN, UK.
⁵ Examenlab Ltd., Weavers Court Business Park, Linfield Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT125GH, UK.

Comment

Sandro C Esteves et al. Asian J Androl. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug;22(4):439-440.

doi: 10.4103/aja.aja_4_20.

Sandro C Esteves^{1

2

3}, Sheena Em Lewis^{4

5}

¹ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, 13075-460 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
² Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-887 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
³ Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
⁴ Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland BT71NN, UK.
⁵ Examenlab Ltd., Weavers Court Business Park, Linfield Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT125GH, UK.

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Use of testicular sperm in couples with SCSA-defined high sperm DNA fragmentation and failed intracytoplasmic sperm injection using ejaculated sperm.
Alharbi M, Hamouche F, Phillips S, Kadoch JI, Zini A. Alharbi M, et al. Asian J Androl. 2020 Jul-Aug;22(4):348-353. doi: 10.4103/aja.aja_99_19. Asian J Androl. 2020. PMID: 31571640 Free PMC article.

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