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Table 2 Subpopulations with or without male factor; comparison between morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) and conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) study groups.

From: Pregnancy outcomes in women with repeated implantation failures after intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI)

 

With male factor

Without male factor

 

IMSI

ICSI

P

IMSI

ICSI

P

Cycles (n)

37

45

 

63

55

 

Female age (years)

36.9 ± 4.0

35.6 ± 3.9

0.11

36.6 ± 4.0

37.7 ± 3.9

0.13

Male age (years)

40.6 ± 6.4

41.9 ± 6.5

0.34

39.3 ± 6.0

39.0 ± 5.3

0.79

Number of failures

3.1 ± 1.6

3.4 ± 1.9

0.64

3.4 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 1.3

0.20

Aetiology (%)

      

Male

78.4

77.8

0.08

  

0.33

Idiopathic

0

0

 

38

30.9

 

Tuboperitoneal

0

0

 

30.2

25.4

 

Endometriosis

0

0

 

28.6

32.7

 

Male + endometriosis

16.2

4.4

 

0

0

 

Tuboperitoenal+ endometriosis

0

0

 

3.2

11

 

Male+tuboperitoneal

5.4

17.8

 

0

0

 

MSOME a

      

Normal spermatozoa (%)

0.3 ± 0.3

0.3 ± 0.3

0.79

2.4 ± 1.9

2.5 ± 2.1

> 0.99

Semen Parameters

      

Total sperm count (x106/mL)

14.2 ± 18.4

11.8 ± 14.9

0.86

95.8 ± 88.9

98.9 ± 52.5

0.82

Motility (% spermatozoa)

35.5 ± 14.1

29.6 ± 15.6

0.12

60.9 ± 16.2

61.1 ± 10.8

0.94

(rapid+slowprogression)

49.6 ± 15.8

47.2 ± 15.2

0.54

65.5 ± 15.9

70 ± 6.3

0.56

Vitality (%) (mean ± SD)

0.3 ± 0.3

0.4 ± 0.5

0.21

0.4 ± 0.8

0.5 ± 0.3

0.16

Leukocytes in semen (x106) (mean ± SD)

      

Number of oocytes

      

Mature (MII)

8.0 ± 5.1

7.8 ± 3.7

0.82

6.6 ± 4.4

5.9 ± 3.1

0.56

Total

10.7 ± 6.8

9.4 ± 4.6

0.61

8.7 ± 5.7

7.6 ± 4.4

0.44

Fertilisation rate (%)

59.1 ± 23.1

57.8 ± 25.2

0.61

68.1 ± 24.4

65.4 ± 27.4

0.72

Embryos transfer (n)

2.6 ± 1.0

2.8 ± 1.1

0.69

2.7 ± 1.1

2.6 ± 1.0

0.63

High-quality embryo transfer (n)

1.5 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.5

0.89

1.4 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.5

0.55

Implantation rate (%)

11.8

11.2

0.88

14.6

8.6

0.16

Pregnancy/cycle (%)

32.4

24.4

0.57

22.2

14.5

0.40

Miscarriage (%)

16.7

36.4

0.54

14.3

25

0.95

Ongoing pregnancy/cycle (%)

27

15.5

0.31

19

10.9

0.33

Live birth/cycle (%)

27

15.5

0.31

17.5

9.1

0.29

  1. a motile sperm organelle morphology examination
  2. b semen quality parameters according to the World Health Organisation[34]