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  • Title: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a treatment for extreme oligospermia.
    Author: Gil-Salom M, Minguez Y, Rubio C, Ruiz A, Remohi J, Pellicer A.
    Journal: J Urol; 1996 Sep; 156(3):1001-4. PubMed ID: 8709295.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: We evaluated the efficacy of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in patients with extreme oligospermia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 67 intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles was attempted in 58 infertile couples in which the husbands had extreme oligospermia (less than 100,000 spermatozoa per ml. ejaculate). RESULTS: Fertilization was achieved in 65 of 67 cycles. Mean fertilization rate per cycle was 66.4%. A total of 18 clinical pregnancies was obtained, for a pregnancy rate of 26.8% per started cycle. There were 4 miscarriages and 8 live births from 5 deliveries. Nine pregnancies are ongoing. CONCLUSIONS: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in patients with extreme oligospermia is associated with high fertilization rates and offers the chance of pregnancy to these otherwise intractably infertile couples.
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