
Male infertility and Surgical sperm retrieval
Azoospermia is a condition where the male partner does not have sperms in the ejaculate. Till some years ago, the only option in such cases used to be sperm donation and Artificial insemination of wife using these donated sperm. Every couple and every man wants to have his own biological child and now it is possible for azoospermic men to father their genetic child by SURGICAL SPERM RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES.
Dr. Diksha Sharma is trained in the surgical sperm retrieval techniques, and our team has very experienced urologist on board for complete evaluation and treatment of azoospermic males.The various ways to obtain sperms for ICSI in azoospermia are
1. TESA : Testicular Sperm Aspiration: Sperms are aspirated from the testes using a thin needle and scalp vein set.
2. PESA : Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration: Sperms are aspirated from the epididymis using a small needle
3. Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction : Using an operating microscope and magnification between 40X to 100X, the testes is opened and dilated tubules are selectively removed. The tubules are milked and sperms obtained are processed and cultured for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the lab.