ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Does a Very Short Length of Abstinence Improve Assisted Reproductive Technique Outcomes in Infertile Patients with Severe Oligo-Asthenozoospermia?
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- Is age a critical indicator for determining the optimal abstinence duration in patients undergoing sperm acquisition?Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Impact of Shorter Abstinence Periods on Semen Parameters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The world journal of men's health · 2025Article
- 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
- Sperm DNA Damage and Its Relevance in Fertility Treatment: A Review of Recent Literature and Current Practice Guidelines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Assisted Reproductive Technology without Embryo Discarding or Freezing in Women ≥40 Years: A 5-Year Retrospective Study at a Single Center in Italy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- 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
- Enhancing Sperm Quality Through Consecutive Ejaculation After Short Abstinence in Men with Low Semen Parameters Undergoing ICSI.Journal of reproduction & infertilityArticle
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Abstract
In recent years, a growing number of studies seem to support the beneficial effects of a very short abstinence period on sperm parameters, especially in patients with oligo-asthenozoospermia (OA). On this basis, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a short period of abstinence (1 h) on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes in infertile patients with severe OA. We performed a retrospective study on 313 ICSI cycles in which couples were divided into two different groups based on sperm parameters of the male partners. Group 1 included normozoospermic men or male partners with a mild OA (
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