Lower developmental potential of rat zygotes produced by ooplasmic injection of testicular spermatozoa versus cauda epididymal spermatozoa

• Main Authors: Misuzu IDE (Author), Ibuki SAITO (Author), Makoto SANBO (Author), Mito KANATSU-SHINOHARA (Author), Takashi SHINOHARA (Author), Masumi HIRABAYASHI (Author), Shinichi HOCHI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is clinically used to treat obstructive/nonobstructive azoospermia. This study compared the efficacy of ICSI with cauda epididymal and testicular sperm in Wistar (WI) and Brown-Norway (BN) rats. The transfer of ICSI oocytes with cryopreserved epididymal and te...