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Human Reproduction, Vol 13, 1893-1897, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Fertilization, pregnancy and embryo implantation rates after ICSI with fresh or frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa

I De Croo, J Van der Elst, K Everaert, P De Sutter and M Dhont
Infertility Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.

This study aimed to determine whether fertilization and implantation rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) with fresh or frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa were comparable. Between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1996, 65 ICSI cycles with testicular spermatozoa and 35 cycles with frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa were carried out. In 50 out of 65 ICSI cycles, testicular spermatozoa could be retrieved and in 34 out of 35 cycles carried out with frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa, motile spermatozoa could be recovered. The fertilization rate after ICSI with frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa was significantly lower (71.1%; P < or = 0.008) than with fresh testicular spermatozoa (79.3%). The pregnancy rate was similar for both groups (38.2 and 26.5 %). The implantation rate per transferred embryo, however, was significantly lower in the frozen-thawed rather than in the fresh testicular sperm group (9.1 versus 24.6%; P = 0.001). The live birth rate per transferred embryo was also higher in the group in which fresh testicular spermatozoa were used (18.8 versus 7.9% P = 0.043). This retrospective study shows that is possible to achieve a high fertilization rate after ICSI with both fresh and frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa but implantation and live birth rates per transferred embryo, however, are significantly lower after ICSI with frozen-thawed than with fresh testicular spermatozoa.
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