{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2133459732","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","title":"Percutaneous cutting needle biopsies for histopathological assessment and sperm retrieval in men with azoospermia","display_name":"Percutaneous cutting needle biopsies for histopathological assessment and sperm retrieval in men with azoospermia","publication_year":2001,"publication_date":"2001-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2133459732","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","mag":"2133459732","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11574508"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S127900037","display_name":"Human Reproduction","issn_l":"0268-1161","issn":["0268-1161","1460-2350"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-a","doyens","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Human Reproduction","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111531381","display_name":"Bj\u00f6rn Rosenlund","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bjo\u0308rn Rosenlund","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Andrology Centre, Huddinge University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. bjorn.rosenlund@obgyn.hs.sll.se"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Andrology Centre, Huddinge University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. bjorn.rosenlund@obgyn.hs.sll.se","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055800905","display_name":"Ulrik Kvist","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-3427","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-3427"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ulrik Kvist","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048126028","display_name":"L. Pl\u00f6en","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Leif Plo\u0308en","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024662090","display_name":"Urban Ekstr\u00f6m","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Urban Ekstro\u0308m","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075254107","display_name":"Outi Hovatta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-3807","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-3807"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Outi Hovatta","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4097,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":4630},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.6325,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":19,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81342887,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"10","first_page":"2154","last_page":"2159"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10116","display_name":"Sperm and Testicular Function","score":0.9945999979972839,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13242","display_name":"Male Reproductive Health Studies","score":0.002300000051036477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2748","display_name":"Urology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11156","display_name":"Reproductive Health and Technologies","score":0.0005000000237487257,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2743","display_name":"Reproductive Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/azoospermia","display_name":"azoospermia","score":0.9610000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/core-needle-biopsy","display_name":"core needle biopsy","score":0.9200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/testicular-sperm-retrieval","display_name":"testicular sperm retrieval","score":0.8930000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/testicular-histopathology","display_name":"testicular histopathology","score":0.8709999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/needle-gauge-comparison","display_name":"needle gauge comparison","score":0.7129999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/male-infertility","display_name":"male infertility","score":0.6000000238418579}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910159267","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7449214","display_name":"Sperm Retrieval","level":5,"score":0.84563148021698},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777420699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q794026","display_name":"Azoospermia","level":4,"score":0.8201656937599182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780813298","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2071287","display_name":"Percutaneous","level":2,"score":0.7182662487030029},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.5517348051071167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C35035537","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3733593","display_name":"Testicular sperm extraction","level":5,"score":0.5091997981071472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781087480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17145","display_name":"Sperm","level":2,"score":0.4765889346599579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29456083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1221899","display_name":"Gynecology","level":1,"score":0.42417460680007935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16685009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335057","display_name":"Andrology","level":1,"score":0.37745216488838196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.28272390365600586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.21711570024490356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777688143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179399","display_name":"Infertility","level":3,"score":0.18461742997169495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779234561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11995","display_name":"Pregnancy","level":2,"score":0.1319427788257599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D001707","descriptor_name":"Biopsy, Needle","qualifier_ui":"Q000295","qualifier_name":"instrumentation","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D004867","descriptor_name":"Equipment Design","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D009339","descriptor_name":"Needles","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D009845","descriptor_name":"Oligospermia","qualifier_ui":"Q000473","qualifier_name":"pathology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D013087","descriptor_name":"Spermatids","qualifier_ui":"Q000473","qualifier_name":"pathology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013087","descriptor_name":"Spermatids","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013094","descriptor_name":"Spermatozoa","qualifier_ui":"Q000473","qualifier_name":"pathology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D013737","descriptor_name":"Testis","qualifier_ui":"Q000473","qualifier_name":"pathology","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D016922","descriptor_name":"Cellular Senescence","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D020858","descriptor_name":"Tissue and Organ Harvesting","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":true}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.10.2154","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S127900037","display_name":"Human Reproduction","issn_l":"0268-1161","issn":["0268-1161","1460-2350"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-a","doyens","jufo-3","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Human Reproduction","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:11574508","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11574508","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Human reproduction (Oxford, England)","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.8371999859809875}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1967785097","https://openalex.org/W1991561219","https://openalex.org/W2034111046","https://openalex.org/W2040539009","https://openalex.org/W2042447016","https://openalex.org/W2047900594","https://openalex.org/W2065347716","https://openalex.org/W2072515449","https://openalex.org/W2078813290","https://openalex.org/W2104642917","https://openalex.org/W2129220528","https://openalex.org/W2131670695","https://openalex.org/W2132649542","https://openalex.org/W2140218030","https://openalex.org/W2288709063","https://openalex.org/W2344194660","https://openalex.org/W2401656784","https://openalex.org/W4317639262"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2040539009","https://openalex.org/W1991561219","https://openalex.org/W2406383263","https://openalex.org/W1992120975","https://openalex.org/W2010713301","https://openalex.org/W2140218030","https://openalex.org/W2038733539","https://openalex.org/W2418773707","https://openalex.org/W7014494937","https://openalex.org/W2154666838"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"BACKGROUND:":[0],"Twenty-three":[1],"men":[2],"(45":[3],"testes)":[4],"with":[5,32,41,51,84,88,163],"azoospermia":[6],"underwent":[7],"percutaneous":[8],"testicular":[9,157],"biopsy":[10,162],"under":[11],"local":[12,131],"anaesthesia.":[13],"METHODS:":[14],"In":[15],"all":[16],"but":[17],"one":[18,31,67,164],"of":[19,58,95,100,111,170],"the":[20,59,79,89,93,105,116,150,171],"45":[21,101],"testes":[22],"two":[23,80,151],"biopsies":[24,103,114],"were":[25,76,121],"taken":[26],"close":[27],"to":[28],"each":[29],"other,":[30],"a":[33,42,52],"16":[34,117,138],"gauge":[35,44,107,118,139,142],"(n":[36,45],"=":[37,46],"44)":[38],"and":[39,66,108,129,140,149],"another":[40],"14":[43,106,141],"45)":[47],"cutting":[48],"needle,":[49],"both":[50],"19":[53],"mm":[54],"notch.":[55],"Three":[56],"quarters":[57],"tissue":[60],"was":[61],"used":[62],"for":[63,69,126,146,156],"histopathological":[64,74,90,147],"assessment":[65],"quarter":[68],"direct":[70,85],"microscopy.":[71],"RESULTS:":[72],"The":[73,82],"findings":[75],"similar":[77],"between":[78],"needles.":[81],"observations":[83],"microscopy":[86],"corresponded":[87],"assessments":[91],"concerning":[92],"presence":[94],"mature":[96],"spermatids":[97],"in":[98,109],"41":[99],"(91%)":[102,113],"using":[104,115,137],"40":[110],"44":[112],"needle.":[119],"There":[120],"no":[122],"post-operative":[123],"complications":[124],"except":[125],"minimal":[127],"pain":[128],"minor":[130],"swelling.":[132],"CONCLUSIONS:":[133],"Percutaneous":[134],"material":[135],"retrieved":[136],"needles":[143,152],"is":[144],"sufficient":[145],"assessment,":[148],"are":[153],"equally":[154],"reliable":[155],"sperm":[158],"retrieval.":[159],"However,":[160],"needle":[161],"puncture":[165],"may":[166],"not":[167],"be":[168],"representative":[169],"entire":[172],"testis.":[173]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}