Table 2.

Semen parameters detected by light microscopy (volume, Sperm/ml × 10⁶and motility), ultrastructural sperm analysis by transmission electron microscopy (fertility index and necrosis, apoptosis and immaturity percentages) and blood gonadotropin levels in 14 selected patients

Semen parameters				TEM evaluation of sperm				Gonadotropin levels
Case	Vol/ml	Sperm/ml × 106	Motility %	Necrosis%	Apoptosis%	Immaturity%	Fertility index (FI) n°	FSH mU/ml	LH mU/ml
1	2.5	0.32	0	87.51	11.90	72.85	0	7.5	10.5
2	4.5	38.25	12	60.02	28.92	67.35	4864	12.5	5.4
3	2	4	13	68.04	9.26	69.76	63	13.1	3.3
4	4	14.25	44	34.50	6.67	59.56	63733	12.9	2.1
5	3	39.75	30	19.59	5.80	89.84	354652	23.8	11
6	7.5	11	36	32.57	23.29	56.08	100582	41.8	16.5
7	2	57	54	27.94	7.05	57.24	560837	16.1	5.5
8	1.4	5	31	70.81	18.86	78.22	3004	15.8	2.1
9	7.5	14.25	35	28.64	6.50	51.33	26125	13.6	7.3
10	2.3	24	13	30.40	9.54	66.57	10860	12.1	2.06
11	3	1.95	11					12.6	7.2
12	2	Azo						20.5	8.3
13	2.8	Azo						45.3	27.7
14	Refused							56	29
Reference range	WHO [17]	WHO [17]	WHO [17]	32.13 [19]	4.05 [19]	48.83 [19]	>1,691,122 [19]	0.7–11	0.8–8