Usefulness of sperm quality analyzer-V (SQA-V) for the assessment of sperm quality in infertile men.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation of new of Sperm Quality Analyzer (SQA-V) with the computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) and manual semen analysis estimates. One hundred five fresh semen samples were analyzed using SQA-V and CASA and manual semen analysis. Significant correlations of sperm concentration (p < 0.0001), sperm motility (p < 0.0001), and normal morphology (p < 0.0001) were observed between SQA-V variables and manual semen analysis estimates. There also were significant correlations of sperm concentration (p < 0.0001), sperm motility (p < 0.0001), and sperm velocity (p = 0.0235) between SQA-V variables and CASA estimates. Meanwhile, it did not correlate with amplitude of lateral head displacement, beat cross frequency, lineality assessed by CASA. The value of the sperm concentration and the sperm motility measured by SQA-V showed high correlations with the value of those measured by CASA and manual semen analysis. In addition, velocity and sperm morphology may also be evaluated to some extent using SQA-V.
Akashi
T
T
Department of Urology,Faculty of Medicine, National University Corporation, Toyama Medical andPharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan. akashitakuya@mail.goo.ne.jp
Mizuno
I
I
Okumura
A
A
Fuse
H
H
D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*