title: [The diagnostic value of testicular biopsy in andrologic practice].
abstract: Results are reported of 41 testicular biopsies in patients with azoospermia. The results are classified in two basic groups: gr. I--17 patients (41.6 per cent) with azoospermia had preserved spermatogenesis, but the seminal ducts were obstructed as a result of chronic inflammatory process; gr. II--24 patients (58.5 per cent) with incretory azoospermia and absence of spermatogenesis, caused by the following testicular pathology: Sertoli cell syndrome following orchidopexy for cryptorchidism, Klinefelter's syndrome, postparotitis orchitis and a group of patients with primary hypogonadism. The technique of open testicular biopsy as a possible routine diagnostic method in andrology is described.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsvetkov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uzunova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Diagnostichna stoĭnost na testikularnata biopsiia v andrologichnata praktika.