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Table 2 Semen parameters of patients with severe or complete asthenozoospermia

From: ICSI outcomes for infertile men with severe or complete asthenozoospermia

Contents

Ejaculated spermatozoa

TESE

P value*

Ep

En

Ei

Number of patients

25

43

11

18

-

Semen volume (mL)

mean ± SD

2.18 ± 0.98

2.53 ± 1.44

2.80 ± 1.45

2.44 ± 1.59

0.407

Sperm concentration (million/mL)

mean ± SD

17.57 ± 15.32

13.22 ± 12.41

18.75 ± 14.91

15.33 ± 13.67

0.348

Sperm motility (%)†

PR

0.83 ± 0.27

0

0

0

-

NP

1.82 ± 1.45

1.73 ± 1.12

0

0

-

IM

97.35 ± 1.30

98.27 ± 1.12

100

100

-

Abnormal morphology (%)

mean ± SD

88.67 ± 1.21

90.92 ± 4.84

93.00 ± 4.24

91.78 ± 4.64

0.314

HOST (%)

64.88 ± 18.18

65.86 ± 16.65

59.18 ± 20.35

58.83 ± 17.68

0.423

  1. Ei ejaculated immotile spermatozoa, En ejaculated non-progressively motile spermatozoa, Ep ejaculated progressively motile spermatozoa, HOST hypo-osmotic swelling test, IM immotile, NP non-progressively motile, PR progressively motile, SD standard deviation, TESE testicular spermatozoa
  2. *Kruskal–Wallis test was performed to detect the between-group difference. †The sperm motility of testicular spermatozoa was based on that before treatment with the SperMagic medium