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Acquired obstructive azoospermia

MedGen UID:
588673
•Concept ID:
C0403819
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Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Acquired obstructive azoospermia (198014000)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Causes of azoospermia and their management.
Schlegel PN
Reprod Fertil Dev 2004;16(5):561-72. doi: 10.10371/RD03087. PMID: 15367371
Criteria predicting the absence of spermatozoa in the Sertoli cell-only syndrome can be used to improve success rates of sperm retrieval.
Anniballo R, Ubaldi F, Cobellis L, Sorrentino M, Rienzi L, Greco E, Tesarik J
Hum Reprod 2000 Nov;15(11):2269-77. doi: 10.1093/humrep/15.11.2269. PMID: 11056118

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnostic value of transrectal combined scrotal ultrasonography in acquired obstructive azoospermia.
Zhu C, Wang C
Rev Int Androl 2022 Jan-Mar;20(1):11-16. Epub 2021 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.androl.2020.05.009. PMID: 33358146
Does acquired obstructive azoospermia have less impact than congenital azoospermia on ICSI results? Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lopes LS, Baccaglini W, von Muhlen B, Placco Araujo Glina F, Albertini Daiuto S, Linck Pazeto C, Glina S
Andrologia 2021 Aug;53(7):e14096. Epub 2021 May 12 doi: 10.1111/and.14096. PMID: 33982319
Different cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutations in Chinese men with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens and other acquired obstructive azoospermia.
Lu S, Yang X, Cui Y, Li X, Zhang H, Liu J, Chen ZJ
Urology 2013 Oct;82(4):824-8. Epub 2013 Aug 14 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.06.024. PMID: 23953609
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia.
Mansour RT, Kamal A, Fahmy I, Tawab N, Serour GI, Aboulghar MA
Hum Reprod 1997 Sep;12(9):1974-9. doi: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.1974. PMID: 9363716
Transseptal crossed vasovasostomy.
Lizza EF, Marmar JL, Schmidt SS, Lanasa JA Jr, Sharlip ID, Thomas AJ, Belker AM, Nagler HM
J Urol 1985 Dec;134(6):1131-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)47657-9. PMID: 4057402

Diagnosis

Diagnostic value of transrectal combined scrotal ultrasonography in acquired obstructive azoospermia.
Zhu C, Wang C
Rev Int Androl 2022 Jan-Mar;20(1):11-16. Epub 2021 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.androl.2020.05.009. PMID: 33358146

Prognosis

Epididymal sperm aspiration with assisted reproductive techniques: difference between congenital and acquired obstructive azoospermia?
Chen CS, Chu SH, Soong YK, Lai YM
Hum Reprod 1995 May;10(5):1104-8. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136102. PMID: 7657749
Transseptal crossed vasovasostomy.
Lizza EF, Marmar JL, Schmidt SS, Lanasa JA Jr, Sharlip ID, Thomas AJ, Belker AM, Nagler HM
J Urol 1985 Dec;134(6):1131-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)47657-9. PMID: 4057402

Clinical prediction guides

Diagnostic value of transrectal combined scrotal ultrasonography in acquired obstructive azoospermia.
Zhu C, Wang C
Rev Int Androl 2022 Jan-Mar;20(1):11-16. Epub 2021 Jan 6 doi: 10.1016/j.androl.2020.05.009. PMID: 33358146
Multiple advanced surgical techniques to treat acquired seminal duct obstruction.
Jiang HT, Yuan Q, Liu Y, Liu ZQ, Zhou ZY, Xiao KF, Yang JG
Asian J Androl 2014 Nov-Dec;16(6):912-6. doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.139256. PMID: 25337841Free PMC Article
Different cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator mutations in Chinese men with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens and other acquired obstructive azoospermia.
Lu S, Yang X, Cui Y, Li X, Zhang H, Liu J, Chen ZJ
Urology 2013 Oct;82(4):824-8. Epub 2013 Aug 14 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.06.024. PMID: 23953609
Epididymal sperm aspiration with assisted reproductive techniques: difference between congenital and acquired obstructive azoospermia?
Chen CS, Chu SH, Soong YK, Lai YM
Hum Reprod 1995 May;10(5):1104-8. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136102. PMID: 7657749

Recent systematic reviews

Does acquired obstructive azoospermia have less impact than congenital azoospermia on ICSI results? Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lopes LS, Baccaglini W, von Muhlen B, Placco Araujo Glina F, Albertini Daiuto S, Linck Pazeto C, Glina S
Andrologia 2021 Aug;53(7):e14096. Epub 2021 May 12 doi: 10.1111/and.14096. PMID: 33982319

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