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Overweight men with nonobstructive azoospermia have worse pregnancy outcomes after microdissection testicular sperm extraction.
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PMID:  23122830     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of obesity on the outcome of testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and assisted reproductive technology. DESIGN: Clinical retrospective study. SETTING: Center for reproductive medicine at a tertiary-care university hospital. PATIENT(S): Nine hundred seventy patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. INTERVENTION(S): Microdissection TESE followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Sperm retrieval rate and clinical pregnancy rate. RESULT(S): Testicular sperm were successfully retrieved in 55% of men overall. Of those with sperm found, clinical pregnancy rate was 51% and live birth rate 40%. Sperm retrieval rates were similar in men with body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m(2), 25-30 kg/m(2), and >30 kg/m(2) (59%, 57%, and 54%, respectively). Mean BMI of men who contributed to pregnancy (27.3 ± 4.9 kg/m(2)) was lower than for men whose sperm did not contribute to a pregnancy (28.2 ± 5.4 kg/m(2)). No man with BMI >43 kg/m(2) (n = 11) contributed to a successful pregnancy, even though sperm were found in men with BMI up to 57 kg/m(2). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, male BMI was the only predictor of successful pregnancy among the variables analyzed, including male age, female age, and female BMI. CONCLUSION(S): Overweight men have lower clinical pregnancy rate after microdissection TESE and ICSI compared with men with normal BMI. Men with BMI >43 kg/m(2) did not contribute to any pregnancies, despite successful sperm retrieval.
Authors:
Ranjith Ramasamy; Campbell Bryson; Jennifer E Reifsnyder; Queenie Neri; Gianpiero D Palermo; Peter N Schlegel
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-10-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Fertility and sterility     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1556-5653     ISO Abbreviation:  Fertil. Steril.     Publication Date:  2012 Oct 
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Created Date:  2012-11-5     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0372772     Medline TA:  Fertil Steril     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Center for Reproductive Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
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