Table 3.
Results from the in-vivo fertility test with males treated by microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA) or untreated males, and males treated by percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA)
| Untreated male mice |
MESA-treated male mice |
PESA-treated male mice |
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| Experiment | Mating perioda | Litter size | Mating perioda | Litter size | Mating perioda | Litter size |
| 1 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 23 | 7.5 | 22 | 8 | 20.5 | 10 |
| 3 | 20 | 9.5 | 21 | 8.5 | 32 | 10 |
| 4 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 10.5 | 27.5 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 8.5 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | not done | not done | not done | not done | 20 | 9,5 |
| Mean ± 1 SD | 21.6 ± 2.41 | 8.9 ± 0.82 | 21.8 ± 2.17 | 8.3 ± 1.6 | 23.7 ± 4.98 | 9.8 ± 0.82 |
a
Mating period was defined as the number of days between mating and the first litter. Differences were tested as not significant.