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Azoospermia and Surgery for Testicular Obstruction

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Male Infertility

Abstract

This chapter opens with a description of the anatomy and physiology of the male genital tract, and this is followed by a review of the pathological conditions that produce obstruction in particular sites. Preoperative clinical and laboratory assessment are next, matters of key importance if the surgeon is to recognise and interpret accurately the findings made at surgery. Operative approaches and technical details of reconstructive methods are described, fundamental for successful results. Long-term follow-up is essential if accurate audit is to be maintained, to allow the surgeon to compare his results with those reported by others; and finally failure — when should the surgeon give up, and when should he or she reoperate, to try again to make the perfect anastomosis and have it stay patent?

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  1. Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

    T. B. Hargreave MS, FRCS, FRCSE, FEB (Urol) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Surgery, Edinburgh University, UK

    T. B. Hargreave MS, FRCS, FRCSE, FEB (Urol) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Urological Surgeon, Part-time Senior Lecturer)

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Hendry, W.F. (1994). Azoospermia and Surgery for Testicular Obstruction. In: Hargreave, T.B. (eds) Male Infertility. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1029-3_17

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