Table 2.

Reports on the combined use of oocyte activation methods and intracytoplasmic sperm injection^†

Reference	Indication	Types of oocyte activation methods	Cases of pregnancy and delivery
Tesarik et al. (1994) 12	Fresh oocytes	A23187	Research‡
Hoshi et al. (1995) 27	Low fertilization	A23187	Two cases of pregnancy
Yanagida et al. (1999) 28	Fertilization failure	Electrical stimulation	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Yamano et al. (2000) 57	1‐day‐old unfertilized oocytes	A23187 + puromycin	Research‡
Nakagawa et al. (2001) 58	1‐day‐old unfertilized oocytes	A23187 + puromycin	Research‡
Tesarik et al. (2002) 59	ICSI patients	Mechanical	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Eldar‐Geva et al. (2003) 32	Fertilization failure	A23187	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Murase et al. (2004) 30	Fertilization failure	A23187 + puromycin	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Ebner et al. (2004) 60	Fertilization failure	Mechanical	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Chi et al. (2004) 33	Low fertilization	A23187	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Heindryckx et al. (2005) 34	Fertilization failure	A23187	Three cases of pregnancy
Lu et al. (2006) 61	1‐day‐old unfertilized oocytes	A23187 + puromycin	Research‡
Manipalviratn et al. (2006) 62	1‐day‐old unfertilized oocytes	Electrostimulation	Research‡
Ahmady et al. (2007) 35	Immotile testicular sperm	A23187	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Moaz et al. (2006) 63	Low fertilization and fertilization failure	Ionomycin	Research‡
Yanagida et al. (2006) 29	Low fertilization	Strontium	One case of pregnancy and delivery
Nasr‐Esfahani et al. (2008) 36	Low fertilization (teratozoospermia)	Ionomycin	Two cases of pregnancy

^† Excluding cases using spermatids and globozoospermia.

^‡ ‘Research’ means that this report was carried out for the purpose of research not a therapeutic purpose. ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection.