Evidence that oligoasthenozoospermia may be an etiologic factor for spontaneous abortion after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-1997
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether oligoasthenozoospermia may lead to a higher spontaneous abortion (SAB) rate once a pregnancy is established by IVF-ET.
DESIGN: Retrospective clinical observational study.
SETTING: University-based IVF program.
PATIENT(S): Three hundred sixty-four couples with normal semen parameters who underwent IVF-ET with conventional sperm incubation; 70 couples with oligoasthenozoospermia but without marked abnormal sperm morphology (< 4% normal forms using strict criteria) who underwent ET after IVF with conventional sperm incubation; and 20 couples with oligoasthenozoospermia but without abnormal sperm morphology who underwent ET after IVF with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, SAB rate, and delivery rate after IVF-ET.
RESULT(S): Despite similar pregnancy and implantation rates per ET, as a result of a higher SAB rate (40.0% versus 11.7%), the delivery rates were lower in the female partners of men with oligoasthenozoospermia. Similar patients who used ICSI had a 0% SAB rate.
CONCLUSION(S): Oligoasthenozoospermia should be considered a possible risk factor for SAB in IVF achieved pregnancies. Further studies are needed to determine whether ICSI reduces the risk of SAB associated with oligoasthenozoospermia.
Volume
68
Issue
3
First Page
545
Last Page
548
ISSN
0015-0282
Published In/Presented At
Kiefer, D., Check, J. H., & Katsoff, D. (1997). Evidence that oligoasthenozoospermia may be an etiologic factor for spontaneous abortion after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. Fertility and sterility, 68(3), 545–548. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00235-5
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9314932
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article