MINI-SWIM-UP - A NEW TECHNIQUE OF SPERM PREPARATION FOR INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION

Authors
ALHASANI S KUPKER W BASCHAT AA STURM R BAUER O DIEDRICH C DIEDRICH K
Citation
S. Alhasani et al., MINI-SWIM-UP - A NEW TECHNIQUE OF SPERM PREPARATION FOR INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION, Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 12(7), 1995, pp. 428-433
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10580468
Volume
12
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
428 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-0468(1995)12:7<428:M-ANTO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Purpose: The male factor is nowadays one of the major problems in the treatment of infertility. New methods of assisted fertilization such a s the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) show better fertilizatio n and pregnancy rates than classical IVF. Method: In this study, we pr esent a new technique of sperm preparation: the ''mini-swim-up.'' Conc lusion: This technique, used in conjunction with the ICSI procedure, i mproves pregnancy and fertility rates in cases of severe oligoasthenot eratozoospermia.