SynthesisAmerican journal of men's health
The Effect of Male Sexual Abstinence Periods on the Clinical Outcomes of Fresh Embryo Transfer Cycles Following Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Meta-Analysis.
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- The Impact of a Very Short Abstinence Period on Assisted Reproductive Technique Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Influence of Male Ejaculatory Abstinence Time on Pregnancy Rate, Live Birth Rate and DNA Fragmentation: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- The Impact of a Very Short Abstinence Period on Conventional Sperm Parameters and Sperm DNA Fragmentation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Does a Very Short Length of Abstinence Improve Assisted Reproductive Technique Outcomes in Infertile Patients with Severe Oligo-Asthenozoospermia?Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Male sperm storage impairs sperm quality in the zebrafish.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Effect of Ejaculatory Abstinence Interval on Sperm Parameters and Clinical Outcome of ART. A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
A sexual abstinence period (SAP) lasting for 2-7 days is recommended before undertaking semen analyses. However, there is no consensus regarding the length of the SAP for couples using assisted reproductive technology (ART). Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to compare the effect of short SAPs (less than 4 days) and long SAPs (4-7 days) on the clinical outcomes of fresh embryo transfer cycles after ART. A total of four studies were included in the meta-analysis. Although the fertilization rate in short SAP couples was higher than that in long SAP couples, a pooled analysis demonstrated that it was not statistically significant (
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