Table 2.
Group 1 (Sham procedure) | Group 2 (3 cm, 6 h/d) | Group 3 (10 cm, 18 h/d) | Group 4 (3 cm, 18 h/d) | p-value | |
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Hemocytometer view∗ | |||||
Spermatid count (mean ± SD), ×106 | 398.6 ± 78.52 | 365.40 ± 81.25 | 354.60 ± 28.62 | 298.60 ± 10.25 | 0.057 |
Histopathologic view∗∗ (mean ± SD) | |||||
Count of Seminiferous tubule, ×100 | 43.70 ± 4.09 | 40.77 ± 5.14 | 42.53 ± 5.76 | 45.00 ± 6.20 | 0.021 |
Spermatogonia | 57.00 ± 15.07 | 53.40 ± 12.13 | 45.23 ± 14.71 | 43.00 ± 7.46 | <0.001 |
Spermatocyte | 69.73 ± 12.25 | 69.30 ± 12.16 | 69.43 ± 11.60 | 63.97 ± 7.81 | 0.189 |
Spermatid | 309.07 ± 44.99 | 309.47 ± 52.13 | 312.83 ± 54.52 | 287.40 ± 48.50 | 0.102 |
Sum of germ cell | 432.80 ± 47.69 | 432.17 ± 62.78 | 427.50 ± 54.96 | 394.37 ± 47.33 | 0.032 |
Leydig cell, ×400 | 40.43 ± 13.12 | 32.83 ± 7.41 | 29.47 ± 5.58 | 26.20 ± 3.96 | <0.001 |
Johnsen's biopsy score | 9.67 ± 0.55 | 9.63 ± 0.56 | 9.53 ± 0.57 | 9.23 ± 0.68 | 0.022 |
∗Hemocytometer view was calculated by hemocytometer in specimen which obtained by semen samples were collected from the left caudal epididymis; ∗∗Histopathologic view was calculated by light microscope after H-E stain by uro-pathologist.