title: Pregnancy rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in relation to sperm recovery techniques.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Clinical outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was evaluated in relation to three techniques of sperm recovery, mini-Percoll, simple concentration, and centrifugation and washing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas fertilization and embryonic cleavage rates were similar in the three groups, the rates of implantation and clinical pregnancy were statistically significantly higher following sperm recovery by the techniques of mini-Percoll and centrifugation and washing.
authors.affiliation: IVF Centre, Maternity Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Egbase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Sharhan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ing
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grudzinskas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002498:Centrifugation; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003593:Cytoplasm; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D009865:Oocytes; D011205:Povidone; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D013076:Sperm Count; D013094:Spermatozoa; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: C016039:Percoll; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D011205:Povidone