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Human Reproduction, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 2151-2154, 1996
© 1996 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Andrology: Micromanipulation improves in-vitro fertilization results after epididymal or testicular sperm aspiration in patients with congenital absence of the vas deferens

Igael Madgar1, Daniel S. Seidman2, David Levran2, Michal Yonish2, Arye Augarten1, Ziva Yemini2, Shlomo Mashiach2 and Jeboshua Dor2,3

1Andrology Unit, Department of Urology The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Israel 2IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Israel

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In all, 58 couples suffering from infertility because of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens underwent a total of 67 combined microsurgical epididymal aspiration or testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and in-vitro fertilization (TVT) treatments. The oocytes recovered were inseminated by either the microdroplet IVF technique (n=20), subzonal insemination (SUZI; n= 10) or intracyto-plasmic sperm injection (ICSI; n= 37). Of the ICSI cycles, 12 were performed using spermatozoa obtained by TESE. Fertilization rates for epididymal spermatozoa were significantly higher for SUZI (17.9%, 17/95) and ICSI (34.4%, 137/398) than for microdroplet IVF (5.2%, 18/343) cycles. The proportion of cycles in which fertilization was achieved was higher in the SUZI (80%) and ICSI (95%) cycles than in the IVF cycles (45%). Delivery or an ongoing pregnancy was achieved in one (5%) IVF cycle, two (20%) SUZI cycles and seven (18.9%) ICSI cycles. SUZI or ICSI using epididymal or testicular spermatozoa significantly improved the oocyte fertility rate. The ICSI procedure was especially advantageous in patients for whom spermatozoa were obtained from a testicular biopsy.

Key words: CAVD/ICSI/IVF/MESA/SUZI/TESE


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