title: Freezing and crushing technique: a new concept for the extraction of testicular spermatozoa from men with nonobstructive azoospermia.
abstract: Ninety samples were harvested from 20 men with nonobstructive azoospermia and divided into two fractions; the first fraction was minced, and the second fraction was exposed to the freezing and crushing (FC) technique. The sperm recovery rate was found to be 21/30 (70%) in the FC fractions compared with 8/30 (26.6%) in the mincing fractions.
authors.affiliation: Andrology Department, Samir Abbas Medical Center, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. wzohdy62@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Wael
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zohdy
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Ahmed K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Abdel Jalil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053713:Azoospermia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055101:Semen Analysis; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013076:Sperm Count; D053625:Sperm Retrieval; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*