Changes in Testosterone Levels Following Surgical Sperm Retrieval in Men with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wael Zohdy; Rupin Shah; Christopher Chee Kong Ho; Gokhan Calik; Vineet Malhotra; Bircan Kolbaşı Erkan; Mesut Berkan Duran; Georgios Tsampoukas; Garaz Radion; Ramadan Saleh; Ahmed M. Harraz; Parviz Kavoussi; Eric Chung; Edmund Ko; Luca Boeri; Naveen Kumar; Selahittin Çayan; Amarnath Rambhatla; Osvaldo Rajmil; Mohamed Arafa; Rossella Cannarella; Omer Raheem; Taymour Mostafa; Widi Atmoko; Taha Abo Almagd Abdel Meguid Hamoda; Armand Zini; Ashok Agarwal

doi:10.5534/wjmh.240129

Changes in Testosterone Levels Following Surgical Sperm Retrieval in Men with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wael Zohdy
, Rupin Shah
, Christopher Chee Kong Ho
, Gokhan Calik
, Vineet Malhotra
, Bircan Kolbaşı Erkan
, Mesut Berkan Duran
, Georgios Tsampoukas
, Garaz Radion
, Ramadan Saleh
, Ahmed M. Harraz
, Parviz Kavoussi
, Eric Chung
, Edmund Ko
, Luca Boeri
, Naveen Kumar
, Selahittin Çayan
, Amarnath Rambhatla
, Osvaldo Rajmil
, Mohamed Arafa

Rossella Cannarella, Omer Raheem, Taymour Mostafa, Widi Atmoko, Taha Abo Almagd Abdel Meguid Hamoda, Armand Zini, Ashok Agarwal

Urology

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	523-538
Number of pages	16
Journal	World Journal of Men's Health
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.240129
State	Published - Jul 2025

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Aging
Reproductive Medicine
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health
Urology
Pharmacology (medical)

Keywords

Azoospermia
Hypogonadism
Microsurgical testicular sperm retrieval
Sperm injections, intracytoplasmic
Testicular sperm extraction

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Zohdy, W., Shah, R., Ho, C. C. K., Calik, G., Malhotra, V., Erkan, B. K., Duran, M. B., Tsampoukas, G., Radion, G., Saleh, R., Harraz, A. M., Kavoussi, P., Chung, E., Ko, E., Boeri, L., Kumar, N., Çayan, S., Rambhatla, A., Rajmil, O., ... Agarwal, A. (2025). Changes in Testosterone Levels Following Surgical Sperm Retrieval in Men with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Journal of Men's Health, 43(3), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.240129

Zohdy, W, Shah, R, Ho, CCK, Calik, G, Malhotra, V, Erkan, BK, Duran, MB, Tsampoukas, G, Radion, G, Saleh, R, Harraz, AM, Kavoussi, P, Chung, E, Ko, E, Boeri, L, Kumar, N, Çayan, S, Rambhatla, A, Rajmil, O, Arafa, M, Cannarella, R, Raheem, O, Mostafa, T, Atmoko, W, Hamoda, TAAAM, Zini, A & Agarwal, A 2025, 'Changes in Testosterone Levels Following Surgical Sperm Retrieval in Men with Non-Obstructive Azoospermia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', World Journal of Men's Health, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 523-538. https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.240129

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