ICSI Outcome of Ejaculated Versus Extracted Testicular Spermatozoa

Adam International Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Treatments: Procedure: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03033563

2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is retrospective to compare ICSI outcome of patients with cryptozoospermia or severe oligozoospermia after use of ejaculated versus extracted testicular sperms in different cycles for the same patient.

Full description

The study was carried out on couples who underwent ICSI in period 2012-2014 for male factor infertility.Patients with semen showing cryptozoospermia were candidates for inclusion in this study.

First cycle was done as ICSI with priority to ejaculated sperm; testicular sperm was used if no motile sperm was available. For failed cases a second cycle was repeated using either testicular sperm or ejaculated sperm.

Keywords:Cryptozoospermia, ejaculated spermatozoa, testicular spermatozoa, ICSI.

Enrollment: 430 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Couples seeking ICSI.

Exclusion criteria

• Couples not seeking ICSI.

Trial design

430 participants in 1 patient group

Testicular tissue versus ejaculate

Description:

Evaluation of ICSI outcome.

Treatment:

Procedure: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection