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Table 1 Patient characteristics, sperm and cryopreservation parameters

From: Successful pregnancies and healthy live births using frozen-thawed sperm retrieved by a new modified Hotchkiss procedure in males with retrograde ejaculation: first case series

Patient

Age

Etiology of RE

Initial parameters in bladder sperm retrieval

Number of straws

Sperm parameters at post-thaw evaluation after Pentoxifylline addition

Total number of spz retrieved from the bladder (Million)

Motile spermatozoa (%)

Spermatozoa with forward progression (%)

Motile spermatozoa/drop

Spermatozoa with forward progression (%)

1

33

SCI

20

10

5

5

5-20

5-10

2

30

SCI

12,2

10

5

8

5-20

0

3

30

SCI

3,5

2

2

12

5-20

20

4

34

SCI

11,8

25

5

6

>100

30

5

48

SCI

1

10

0

4

No

No

6

42

SCI

15,6

15

10

5

>100

30

7

54

TURP

0,1

60

10

8

20-100

20

8

39

SCI

0,5

10

5

7

5-20

5

9

31

D

2

30

10

6

20-100

60

10

37

SCI

1

5

0

6

<5

0

  1. RE retrograde ejaculation, SCI Spinal cord injury, TURP transurethral resection of prostate, D Diabetes, Spz spermatozoa, No No post-thaw evaluation performed