Research Article
Repeat Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction in Azoospermic Men with Nonmosaic Klinefelter Syndrome
Table 1
Potential factors predicting successful sperm retrieval at the 2nd mTESE attempt.
| | Group A (sperm +) | Group B (sperm -) | value |
| | Number | 21 | 7 | — | | Age | | | 0.51 | | Testis size | | | 0.6 | | Medical treatment | 57.1% (12/21) | 85.7 (6/7) | 0.17 | | Endocrine (baseline) | | | | | FSH (mIU/mL) | | | 0.25 | | LH (mIU/mL) | | | 0.51 | | Test (ng/mL) | | | 0.001 | | Prolactin (ng/mL) | | | 0.42 | | E2 (pg/mL) | | | 0.14 | | Endocrine (before 1st mTESE) | | | | | FSH (mIU/mL) | | | 0.699 | | LH (mIU/mL) | | — | — | | Test (ng/mL) | | | 0.02 | | Prolactin (ng/mL) | | — | — | | E2 (pg/mL) | | | 0.14 |
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