NCT03033563

ICSI Outcome of Ejaculated Versus Extracted Testicular Spermatozoa

ICSI Outcome of Ejaculated Versus Extracted Testicular Spermatozoa in Cryptozoospermic or Severe Oligozoospermic Men

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 430 (actual)
• Sponsor: Adam International Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Intracytoplasmic sperm injection	Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-31
• First posted: 2017-01-27
• Last updated: 2017-01-27