Table 1. Diagnosis, age and cryopreservation results for patients undergoing testicular sperm extraction.
Diagnosis | n | Mean age ±SD | No. with samples cryopreserved (%) |
Obstructive Azoospermia | 60 | 39.8±8.2 | 60 (100) |
Congenital Absence of Vas Deferens | 22 | 33.4±7.8a | 22 (100) |
Vasectomy/Failed Vasectomy Repair | 37 | 43.4±6.0a | 37 (100) |
Other | 1 | 46 | 1 (100) |
Non-Obstructive Azoospermia | 39 | 36.0±6.8 | 12 (31) |
High FSH | 4 | 34.5±8.3 | 2 (50) |
Sertoli Cell Only | 6 | 35.0±3.2 | 2 (33) |
Maturation Arrest | 8 | 35.6±7.0 | 2 (25) |
Spermatogenic hypoplasia | 1 | 31.0 | 0 |
Unknown | 20 | 36.9±7.8 | 6 (30) |
Cancer | 14 | 36.6±11.5 | 10 (71) |
Testicular | 6 | 30.0+3.6b | 3 (50) |
Prostate | 2 | 53.5+3.5b | 2 (100) |
ALL | 1 | 31 | 1(100) |
Bladder | 1 | 63 | 1 (100) |
Hodgkin’s | 1 | 35 | 1 (100) |
Type not known | 3 | 31.7+2.5b | 2 (67) |
Paralysis | 7 | 35.0+7.0 | 7 (100) |
Other | 10 | 34.4+3.7 | 10 (100) |
Kidney transplant | 1 | 27.0 | 1 (100) |
Autoimmune disease | 1 | 38.0 | 1 (100) |
Stroke | 1 | 39 | 1 (100) |
Testicular torsion | 2 | 32.5+2.1 | 2 (100) |
Varicocoele/varicocoele repair | 3 | 34.0+1.0 | 3 (100) |
Anejaculation | 1 | 34 | 1 (100) |
Electrocution | 1 | 39 | 1 (100) |
p = 0.0001;
= 0.0001.