"Sperm Retrieval" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Procedures to obtain viable sperm from the male reproductive tract, including the TESTES, the EPIDIDYMIS, or the VAS DEFERENS.
| Descriptor ID |
D053625
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.875.800.988 E04.936.537.750 E05.820.800.988
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| Concept/Terms |
Testicular Sperm Aspiration- Testicular Sperm Aspiration
- Sperm Aspiration, Testicular
- Testicular Sperm Retrieval
- Sperm Retrieval, Testicular
Vasal Sperm Aspiration- Vasal Sperm Aspiration
- Sperm Aspiration, Vasal
- Vasal Sperm Retrieval
- Sperm Retrieval, Vasal
Epididymal Sperm Aspiration- Epididymal Sperm Aspiration
- Sperm Aspiration, Epididymal
- Epididymal Sperm Retrieval
- Sperm Retrieval, Epididymal
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sperm Retrieval" by people in Profiles.
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Garcia MM, Ohta AT, Walsh TJ, Vittinghof E, Lin G, Wu MC, Lue TF. A noninvasive, motility independent, sperm sorting method and technology to identify and retrieve individual viable nonmotile sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. J Urol. 2010 Dec; 184(6):2466-72.
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Ohta AT, Garcia M, Valley JK, Banie L, Hsu HY, Jamshidi A, Neale SL, Lue T, Wu MC. Motile and non-motile sperm diagnostic manipulation using optoelectronic tweezers. Lab Chip. 2010 Dec 07; 10(23):3213-7.
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Boone WR, Higdon HL, Hill LK, Johnson JE, Houwing AW. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in the upstate: effectiveness of surgical sperm removal techniques in conjunction with ICSI to promote the success of pregnancy. J S C Med Assoc. 2007 Feb; 103(1):8-12.