Of the 1,395,634 fresh IVF cycles from 1996 through 2012, 908,767 (65.1 percent) used ICSI and 499,135 (35.8 percent)
reported male factor infertility.
Not exact matches
During 2008 - 2012,
male factor infertility was
reported for 35.7 percent (176,911 / 494,907) of fresh cycles.
The
report in Human Reproduction shows that while ICSI use has levelled off in some regions, its use is approaching 100 % of assisted reproduction cycles in the Middle East and a few countries in other regions, despite the fact that ICSI was developed for the treatment of
male infertility, which is a
factor in around 40 % of couples seeking fertility treatment [2].
«After only two days of abstinence, sperm from patients with
male factor infertility initiate a process of quality degradation,» Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, and colleagues
report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.