Table 1. Comparison of the sperm retrieval rate (SRR) between conventional and micro- testicular sperm extraction (TESE).
Year | Author | Case (n) | SRR by conventional TESE (%) | SRR by micro-TESE (%) |
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1999 | Schlegel32 | 27 | 45 | 63 |
2000 | Amer et al.36 | 100 | 30 | 47 |
2002 | Okada et al.33 | 74 | 16.7 | 44.6 |
2002 | Tsujimura et al.34 | 56 | 35.1 | 42.9 |
2004 | Tsujimura et al.37 | 180 | — | 44.4 |
2005 | Ramasamy et al.35 | 460 | 32 | 57 |
2005 | Mulhall et al.38 | 48 | 50 | 45 |
2009 | Ramasamy et al.39 | 792 | — | 60 |
2010 | Ishikawa et al.40 | 150 | — | 42 (32, 44, 48) |