Androlog Mail:
> For a man with 100% immotile sperm in the ejaculate, of which 10% are live,
> pregnancy rates better with ICSI / TESE-ICSI
...
> 10% viable sperms should be good enough for ICSI.
> Why TESE-ICSI, if one can get 10% viable sperms in the ejaculate?
> Moreover, TESE is associated with complications - like fibrosis.
> Shankar Periasamy
> shankar@pc.jaring.my
TESE because you cannot pick out which of the 10% are viable sperm to
inject with good reliability. HOS test may help but data on it's use for
ICSI involves small numbers. You are much more likely to have higher
viability from the testis (assuming no motile sperm are found in the vas or
epididymis) than from the ejaculate.
Sincerely,
Marc Goldstein
mgoldst@mail.med.cornell.edu
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