Effects of peritoneal fluids from patients with endometriosis on capacitated spermatozoa.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effects of peritoneal fluid (PF) from patients with endometriosis on capacitated sperm.


METHODS
Capacitated donor sperm were allowed to migrate into straws filled with pooled PF from patients with unexplained infertility without endometriosis (n = 4) and those with mild (n = 4) and moderate-severe (n = 4) endometriosis, respectively, for 3 hours.


METHODS
Sperm motility, sperm membrane integrity, and acrosomal loss were determined.


RESULTS
Statistically, no significant differences were found among the various sperm parameters determined.


CONCLUSIONS
Peritoneal fluid from patients with endometriosis does not appear to adversely affect capacitated spermatozoa.
Bielfeld
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
Graf
M A
MA
Jeyendran
R S
RS
De Leon
F D
FD
Zaneveld
L J
LJ
D000177:Acrosome; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000473:pathology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female; D008297:Male; D013075:Sperm Capacitation; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility