Reply: Sperm retrieval rates by micro-TESE versus conventional TESE in men with non-obstructive azoospermia-the assumption of independence in effects sizes might lead to misleading conclusions

Affiliations

¹ Endocrinology Unit, Medical Department, Endocrinology Unit, Azienda Usl Bologna Maggiore-Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Urology, Imperial College NHS Healthcare, London, UK.
³ Department of Urology, Andrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Andrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Inconguence Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Endocrinology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Endocrinology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.

Comment

Giovanni Corona et al. Hum Reprod Update. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 18;26(4):606-609.

doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa007.

¹ Endocrinology Unit, Medical Department, Endocrinology Unit, Azienda Usl Bologna Maggiore-Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Urology, Imperial College NHS Healthcare, London, UK.
³ Department of Urology, Andrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Andrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Inconguence Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Endocrinology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Center IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Endocrinology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁷ Department of Urology, Ioannina University School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.

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Sperm recovery and ICSI outcomes in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Corona G, Minhas S, Giwercman A, Bettocchi C, Dinkelman-Smit M, Dohle G, Fusco F, Kadioglou A, Kliesch S, Kopa Z, Krausz C, Pelliccione F, Pizzocaro A, Rassweiler J, Verze P, Vignozzi L, Weidner W, Maggi M, Sofikitis N. Corona G, et al. Hum Reprod Update. 2019 Nov 5;25(6):733-757. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmz028. Hum Reprod Update. 2019. PMID: 31665451
Sperm retrieval rates by micro-TESE versus conventional TESE in men with non-obstructive azoospermia-the assumption of independence in effect sizes might lead to misleading conclusions.
Esteves SC, Ramasamy R, Colpi GM, Carvalho JF, Schlegel PN. Esteves SC, et al. Hum Reprod Update. 2020 Jun 18;26(4):603-605. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa006. Hum Reprod Update. 2020. PMID: 32436569 No abstract available.