Relationship between testicular histopathology and the success of testicular sperm extraction in patients with non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of testicular histopathology on the success of microscopic testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) and the factors that could predict the success of mTESE in patients with non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome (KS).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Forty-one KS patients diagnosed with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) who had undergone mTESE at our clinic were included in the study. The patients were divided into 5 groups according to the histopathology results: hyalinisation of tubules (HT), sertoli cell only (SCO), early maturation arrest (EMA), late maturation arrest (LMA), and hypospermatogenesis (HS). The groups were compared with regard to age, duration of infertility, hormone profile, testicular volume, and sperm retriveal rate. The clinical features of the patients with mTESE from whom sperm could or could not be obtained were also compared with the aim of investigating the predictive value of testicular histopathology and the other variables for prediction of the success of mTESE.

RESULTS: Sperm could be obtained through mTESE in 13 out of 41 patients (31.7%). A statistically significant difference was determined between the groups with regard to the rate of sperm collection. No significant difference was determined between the histopathology groups with regard to the other variables. A statistically significant difference was determined between the groups from whic sperm could be collected or not with regard to age, Johnsen criteria, SCO, EMA and LMA variables. Multi-variate analysis revealed that age and Johnsen score were the independent variables predictive for success of mTESE.

CONCLUSION: The present study has revealed that impairment in testicular histopathology negatively affects the success of mTESE and that it is a predictive factor for the success of mTESE in patients with KS. Increased patient age was also determined to negatively affect the success of mTESE and the operation was demonstrated to be more successful before 34 years of age.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Revista internacional de andrologia - 19(2021), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 9-15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yücel, Cem [VerfasserIn]
Keskin, Mehmet Zeynel [VerfasserIn]
Kose, Can [VerfasserIn]
Kucuk, Ulku [VerfasserIn]
Ilbey, Yusuf Ozlem [VerfasserIn]
Kozacioğlu, Zafer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Azoopsermia
Azoospermia
Histopathology
Histopatología
Infertilidad
Infertility
Journal Article
Klinifelter syndrome
Síndrome de Klinefelter

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Date Completed 14.01.2022

Date Revised 14.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.androl.2019.06.001

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NLM300973802