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Table 4 Distribution of individuals according to the etiology of NOA and the testicular sperm extraction outcomes

From: Contribution of serum anti-Müllerian hormone in the management of azoospermia and the prediction of testicular sperm retrieval outcomes: a study of 155 adult men

 

Overall

NOA individuals

n = 132

Sperm retrieval

P-value

Successful

n = 45

Failure

n = 87

 

Etiology

 Unexplained NOA ¤

69

20 (30 %)

49 (70 %)

*0.19

 Cryptorchidism NOA ¤

25

15 (60 %)

10 (40 %)

**0.006

 Cytotoxic NOA ¤¤

8

1 (12.5 %)

7 (87.5 %)

**0.43

  Hodgkin disease

2

0

2

 

  Leukemia

3

0

3

 

  Neuroblastoma

1

0

1

 

  Germ cell tumor

1

0

1

 

  Rectal cancer

1

1

0

 

 Genetic NOA ¤

30

9 (30 %)

21 (70 %)

**0.91

  Klinefelter syndrome

19

6

13

 

  Other karyotype abnormalities

2

0

2

 

  Y-chromosome microdeletions

9

3

6

 
  1. Statistical analysis was performed by the two-tailed Chi-squared (¤) or Fisher’s exact (¤¤) tests
  2. Abbreviations: OA Obstructive azoospermia, NOA Nonobstructive azoospermia,TESE Testicular sperm extraction
  3. (*) versus other etiologies of NOA, (**) versus unexplained NOA