title: Infertility treatment for azoospermic patients with a history of infectious parotitis (mumps) using combined techniques.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical efficacy of in vitro maturation-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVM-ICSI) technique on the treatment of azoospermic patients with a history of infectious parotitis (mumps).
  
  
  METHODS
  Spermatozoa were obtained from the testes of azoospermic patients with a history of mumps and fertilized by ICSI. Eggs were retrieved from the spouse of patients in the natural cycle. Fertilized embryos were transferred into the uterus of patients' respective spouses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Live sperm were retrieved from 16 of out of 24 (67%) azoospermic patients with a history of mumps. Using IVM-ICSI, the normal fertilization rate was 71.2%. A total of 23 treatment cycles were completed in the spouses of 16 patients and of these, 9 patients' spouses became pregnant (a pregnancy rate of 39.1%). The success rate for infertility treatment of mumps patients was equally high at 56.3% (9/16).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IVM-ICSI technique is a simple, effective and economic method for infertility treatment in azoospermic patients with a history of mumps.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Medical Center, Beijing Military General Hospital , Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: Shuiwen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guoping
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Silong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Junhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053713:Azoospermia / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D002681:China; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059471:In Vitro Oocyte Maturation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome