TABLE 2.
Reproductive outcomes of ARTs employing spermatozoa selected by AV-MACS.
| Sperm origin | Oocyte origin | Sperm groups | Fertilization rate (%) | Cleavage (%) | Blastocyst (%) | Embryos transferred (n) | Clinical pregnancy (%) | Live birth rate/ET (%) | References |
| Fresh. oligoastheno- zoospermic | ND | DGC | 69.9 | 88.2 | 85 | ND | 36.49 | ND | Dirican et al., 2008 |
| AV-MACS | 69.52 | 97.2∗ | 84.9 | 48.36∗ | |||||
| Cryopreserved | Donors | SU/AV-MACS | 75.3 (71.6–78.9) | ND | ND | 123 | 64.2 (55.4–72.1) | 48.4 (39.6–57.1) | Romany et al., 2014 |
| SU | 72.1 (68.6–75.7) | 114 | 71.1 (62.1–78.6) | 56.4 (47.3–65.5) | |||||
| Fresh. high DNA fragmentation | Donors | DGC | 76.5 | 89.1 | 41.1 | 146 | 45.5 | ND | García-Ferreyra et al., 2014 |
| DGC/AV-MACS | 74.5 | 98.3 | 50.8 | 107 | 63.2 | ||||
| Fresh. infertile, at least two abnormal parameters | Donors | DGC | 74.78 + 3.41 | ND | ND | 33 | 24.24 | ND | Ziarati et al., 2019 |
| MACS + DGC | 76.13 + 4.38 | 22 | 54.54∗∗ | ||||||
| Fresh. teratozoospermic | Patients. women aged ≤ 30 years | DGC/SU | 70.6 | 100 | 56.5 | 4 | 50 | 50 | Stimpfel et al., 2018 |
| DGC/SU/AV-MACS | 65.6 | 95.2 | 41.2 | 4 | 75 | 50 | |||
| Patients. women aged ≥ 31 years | DGC/SU | 79.8 | 97.5 | 41.1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | Stimpfel et al., 2018 | |
| DGC/SU/AV-MACS | 69.5 | 97 | 41.4 | 12 | 16.7 | 16.7 | |||
All the reported cases followed ICSI. Values are expressed as % ± w/o, SEM, SD, or (interquartile range). ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01.