title: Mini-swim-up: a new technique of sperm preparation for intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The male factor is nowadays one of the major problems in the treatment of infertility. New methods of assisted fertilization such as the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) show better fertilization and pregnancy rates than classical IVF.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, we present a new technique of sperm preparation: the "mini-swim-up."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique, used in conjunction with the ICSI procedure, improves pregnancy and fertility rates in cases of severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Hasani
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Küpker
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baschat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diedrich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diedrich
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*