Table 5 Studies of ICSI outcomes in SCI patients classified by the chronological order of date of publication
Studies | Number of SCI patients | Sperm retrieval methods | ART | Pregnancy rate/ couple | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Authors | Year of publication | PVS | EEJ | SSR | Other | IUI | IVF | ICSI | ||
SSR | ||||||||||
Kyono et al. | 2001 [16] | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | 100% | |||||
Shieh et al. | 2003 [15] | 10 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 sperm donation | ✓ | ✓ | 80% | ||
Kazemnejad et al. | 2005 [20] | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | Masturbation | ✓ | 13% | |||
Engin-Ulm Stün et al. | 2006 [21] | 44 | ✓ | ✓ | Prostatic massage | ✓ | EEJ: 25% | |||
SSR: 23.5% | ||||||||||
PM: 22.2% | ||||||||||
Kanto et al. | 2009 [18] | 19 | ✓ | ✓ | 68% | |||||
McGuire et al. | 2011 [17] | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 48% | |||
Kathiresan et al. | 2011 [19] | 31 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 58% | |||
Mean= 56% | ||||||||||
PVS | ||||||||||
Pryor et al. | 2001 [22] | 11 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 72% | |||
Kathiresan et al. | 2011 [19] | 31 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 58% | |||
Mean= 65% | ||||||||||