title: Effects of surgical lubricants on semen analysis.
abstract: The effects of a number of commercially available surgical lubricants on the motility of spermatozoa with time, have been examined with the aim of recommending a non-toxic, water soluble aid which was not visibly detrimental to spermatozoa following collection of semen for routine analysis. The results have shown that motility is impaired at concentrations above 5%, but that below this level of contamination, spermatozoal motility, and progression, as objectively determined by multiple exposure photography, was unaffected. For various practical reasons, and because it is well known, K-Y Jelly, packaged as a single sachet, is probably the lubricant of choice.
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008153:Lubrication; D008297:Male; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds; C008371:phenylmercury borate