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. 2019 Jul 20;7(4):376–378. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2019.07.004

Table 1.

Case series reporting fertility or sexual function in men with PBS.

Author Year Patients, n Cohort description and outcomes
Uehling et al. [10] 1984 7 Absent spermatogenesis on testicular histology in patients with PBS
Woodhouse and Snyder [7] 1985 9 Elevated gonadotropins and impaired semen parameters in adult and adolescent patients with PBS
Burbige et al. [11] 1987 50 Long-term results of children treated for PBS
Kolettis et al. [6] 1999 2 Sperm retrieval in three men with PBS; ICSI in one couple resulting in twin live births
Patil et al. [12] 2004 41 Success of bilateral orchidopexy and maintenance of sexual function among boys with PBS
Fleming et al. [5] 2013 1 Live male birth following ICSI with use of ejaculated sperm from a man with PBS
Dénes et al. [2] 2017 15 Gonadotropins and impaired semen parameters among patients with history of surgical reconstruction for PBS

ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; PBS, prune belly syndrome.