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Kaplan-Meier product limit estimates of probabilities of success |
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| Age group, years |
Probability of success (95% CI) |
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| With fascial interposition |
Without fascial interposition |
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| Azoospermia, 14 weeks |
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| Overall |
71% (67, 76) |
61% (56, 66) |
| <30 |
91% (85, 97) |
62% (51, 72) |
| 30 to 34 |
71% (63, 80) |
64% (56, 73) |
| 35 to 39 |
69% (59, 79) |
64% (54, 73) |
| 40+ |
48% (37, 59) |
53% (44, 63) |
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| Azoospermia, 34 weeks |
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| Overall |
86% (82, 91) |
83% (78, 87) |
| <30 |
95% (90, 99) |
80% (71, 90) |
| 30 to 34 |
85% (77, 93) |
81% (74, 86) |
| 35 to 39 |
89% (81, 97) |
88% (81, 95) |
| 40+ |
75% (59, 91) |
81% (72, 90) |
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| Severe Oligozoospermia, 14 weeks |
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| Overall |
91% (88, 94) |
82% (78, 86) |
| <30 |
94% (89, 99) |
77% (68, 87) |
| 30 to 34 |
89% (83, 95) |
82% (75, 89) |
| 35 to 39 |
91% (85, 97) |
84% (76, 91) |
| 40+ |
91% (85, 97) |
83% (76, 90) |
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| Severe Oligozoospermia, 34 weeks |
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| Overall |
94% (92, 97) |
87% (84, 91) |
| <30 |
95% (90, 99) |
86% (80, 96) |
| 30 to 34 |
92% (87, 97) |
87% (81, 93) |
| 35 to 39 |
96% (91, 100) |
89% (82, 96) |
| 40+ |
95% (89, 100) |
86% (79, 93) |
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CI: Confidence interval | ||
Sokal et al. BMC Medicine 2004 2:6 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-6 |
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