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Table 3 Parameters of spermatozoa obtained by surgical extraction (n=9)

From: Outcomes with intracytoplasmic sperm injection of cryopreserved sperm from men with spinal cord injury

Patient n°

2

3

5

6

8

9

14

15

19

  
          

Mean

SD

No spz/biopsy (10 6 )

0.2

3.6

1.2

0.5

2

2.5

0.1

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.1

No spz/straw (10 6 )

0.02

0.21

0.03

0.04

0.11

0.23

0.01

0.13

0.05

0.1

0.1

PM %/straw

14

<1

0

<1

0

2

0

0

0

2.3

4.8

TM %/straw

30

<1

2

1

<1

13

0

<1

<1

7.7

11.0

No of straws cryopreserved

11

17

44

13

19

11

9

14

32

18.9

11.0

Motile spz after thawing

+

+

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

  
  1. No : number; Spz: spermatozoa; PM: progressive motility; TM: total motility; SD: standard deviation.
  2. +: presence of motile spermatozoa after thawing.
  3. -: absence of motile spermatozoa after thawing.
  4. Patients 8 and 9 underwent MESA and TESE.
  5. Patients 2-3-5-6-14-15-19 underwent only TESE.
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