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Table 1 Viability and acrosomal status in spermatozoa selected for ICSI or PICSI

From: An efficiency comparison of different in vitro fertilization methods: IVF, ICSI, and PICSI for embryo development to the blastocyst stage from vitrified porcine immature oocytes

Treatment

Total Spermatozoa

n

A/AR (%)

D/AR (%)

A/NAR (%)

D/NAR (%)

Control

600

432 (72 ± 1.4)a

29 (5 ± 1.4)a

108 (18 ± 1.8)a

31 (5 ± 0.4)a

PVP-ICSI

600

319 (53 ± 0.9)b

180 (30 ± 1.1)b

82 (14 ± 2.3)a

19 (3 ± 0.2)a

HA-PICSI

600

504 (84 ± 2.3)c

50 (8 ± 1.9)a

42 (7 ± 1.8)b

4 (1 ± 0.3)a

  1. Percentage data are presented as mean ± SD values
  2. PVP Polyvinilpyrrolidone, HA Hyaluronic acid, A/AR live/acrosome reacted, D/AR dead/acrosome reacted, A/NAR live/non-acrosome reacted, D/NAR dead/non-acrosome reacted, n number of sperm examined
  3. a,b,cValues in the same column with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)
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