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ICSI of frozen-thawed oocytes in couples with severe azoospermia or oligoasthenoteratozoospermia
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DONOR SPERM (normal quality)
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AUTOLOGOUS EJACULATED OR TESTICULAR SPERM (poor quality)
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Patients
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4
|
9
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ICSI cycles
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4
|
10
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Mean female age (years)
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31.2 (range 28 - 38)
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31.1 (range 28 - 37)
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Injected oocytes
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18
|
93
|
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Fertilized oocytes
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13 (72.2%)*
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38 (40.9%)*
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|
Embryos
|
11
|
23
|
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Blastocysts
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4
|
4
|
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Blastocyst rate
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36.4%
|
17.4%
|
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Embryo transfers (ET)
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2
|
5
|
|
Pregnancies
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1
|
1
|
|
Clinical pregnancy rate per ET
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50.0%
|
20.0%
|
|
Clinical pregnancy rate per thawing cycle
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25.0%
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11.1%
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Birth of a child
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1
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1
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- *Statistically significant difference as evaluated by the Chi-Square test at P < 0.05.
