Table 2.

Comparison of ICSI outcomes between the CAM and control groups

Groups	Number	Fertilization rate (%)*	Cleavage rate (%)*	High-quality embryo (%)*	Pregnancy (%)**	No-ET (%)**	Abortion (%)**	Live birth (%)**
PESA-CAM	38	55.00 $\pm$ 5.60	78.22 $\pm$ 3.42	66.23 $\pm$ 3.44	44	8	18	35
PESA-control	38	37.91 $\pm$ 4.88	55.31 $\pm$ 2.32	52.01 $\pm$ 3.14	16	18	33	10
p-value	- 0.05	$<$ 0.01	0.04	0.03	0.34	0.58	0.01
TESE-CAM	39	46.10 $\pm$ 4.41	62.84 $\pm$ 3.20	55.10 $\pm$ 2.54	29	10	27	21
TESE-control	37	36.50 $\pm$ 5.71	50.10 $\pm$ 4.51	50.65 $\pm$ 2.11	14	21	20	11
p-value	- 0.02	0.04	0.10	0.24	0.34	0.99	0.34
*Data are expressed as Mean $\pm$ SD. Independent t test. **Fisher's exact test. ET: Embryo transfer, PESA: Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration, TESE: Testicular sperm extraction, CAM: Cult-active medium