Table 1.
Results from the sperm quality evaluation and in vitro fertilization experiments using sperm collected by microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA) and percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA)
| Sperm |
IVF |
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| Experiment | Motility | Concentration (x 106/mL) | No. of oocytes | No. of 2-cell embryos | Rate (%) of 2-cell embryos | |
| MESA | ||||||
| 1 | + | 3.82 | 62 | 26 | 41.9 | |
| 2 | + | 4.76 | 83 | 83 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | + | 17.47 | 84 | 80 | 95.2 | |
| 4 | + | 5.61 | 45 | 41 | 91.1 | |
| 5 | + | 3.36 | 200 | 185 | 92.5 | |
| Mean ± 1 SD | 7.0 ± 5.9 | 94.8 ± 61.0 | 83.0 ± 62.1 | 84.2 ± 23.8 | ||
| PESA | ||||||
| 1 | + | 3.90 | 94 | 81 | 86.2 | |
| 2 | + | 3.37 | 52 | 51 | 98.1 | |
| 3 | + | 0.30 | 121 | 71 | 58.7 | |
| 4 | + | 0.93 | 185 | 138 | 74.6 | |
| 5 | + | 24.45 | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | |
| 6 | + | 12.25 | 69 | 64 | 92.8 | |
| Mean ± 1 SD | 7.5 ± 9.3 | 91.0 ± 56.8 | 71.5 ± 38.1 | 84.4 ± 15.2 | ||