Abstract: | Objective To investigate the fertilization outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI) after freezing and thawing of rare sperm obtained by testicular puncture (TESA) in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia.Methods A total of 200 patients,including the patients with severe oligozoospermia,asthenozoospermia,and teratozoospermia who underwent conventional ICSI on ejaculated sperm and the patients with non-obstructive azoospermia ICSI who underwent ICSI on a small amount of fresh or frozen-thawed sperm obtained by TESA from January 2014 to April 2021 in our center were retrospectively analyzed.They were divided into group A (conventional ICSI sperm group,107 cases),group B (frozen TESA sperm group,35 cases),group C (fresh TESA sperm group,58 cases) according to different sperm sources.Through case-control studies,the general clinical data and laboratory data of each group were analyzed and compared.The embryo quality was evaluated.Results There was no significant difference in the number of egg retrieved and egg maturation rate between group B (11.63±2.87),82.31%] and group A (10.81±3.21,82.63%) and group C (11.46±3.16,82.41%)(P>0.05).The normal fertilization rate,normal cleavage rate and high-quality embryo rate of group B (62.99%,84.83%,34.64%) were significantly different from those of group A (82.11%,97.07%,48.29%) and group C (73.18%,91.02%,42.47%) (P<0.05).Conclusion Intracytoplasmic sperm injection after cryopreservation of rare sperm obtained by testicular sperm aspiration can solve the infertility problem in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia. |