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. 2019 Nov 14;8(1):30–35. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.10.002

Table 1.

Male patient characteristics

	Total (N)	TESE		P value^∗
	Total (N)	Micro	Conventional	P value^∗
Number of patients	226	152	74	—
Age (y), median (range)	34 (23–67)	34 (23–57)	35 (24–67)	.036
Testicular volume (mL), median (range)	12.0 (1.0–26.0)	8.0 (1.0–24.0)	20.0 (8.0–26.0)	<.001
Marriage duration (mo), median (range)	36.0 (1.0–192)	39.5 (1.0–192)	29.0 (2.0–174)	.097
Serum testosterone concentration (IU/mL), median (range)	4.00 (0.11–13.4)	3.65 (0.11–13.4)	4.59 (1.34–10.5	<.001
Serum follicle-stimulating hormone level (IU/mL), median (range)	17.6 (1.1–79.8)	25.8 (2.5–79.8)	4.85 (1.10–23.5)	<.001

TESE = testicular sperm extraction.

^∗

Microdissection TESE vs conventional TESE.