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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Sperm DNA Fragmentation after Cryopreservation and Sperm Selection Has No Implications for Clinical Pregnancies and Live Births after Intrauterine Insemination with Donor Sperm.

Alessa Sugihara, Usha Punjabi, Tiziana Chimienti, Ilse Goovaerts, Kris Peeters, Jason Bouziotis, Diane De Neubourg

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessa SugiharaCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.
Usha PunjabiCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9675-2511
Tiziana ChimientiCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.
Ilse GoovaertsCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3563-8499
Kris PeetersCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.
Jason BouziotisClinical Trial Center, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6656-451X
Diane De NeubourgCentre of Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital of Antwerp, 2650 Edegem, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BEAZ Klina · BE

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders TBMT007016N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrauterine insemination with donor sperm (IUI-D) requires multiple in vitro manipulations such as sperm selection and cryopreservation during which spermatozoa may be exposed to oxidative stress (OS) and other insults that may produce potential damage including sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF). High levels of SDF, referring to damage or breaks in the genetic material of sperm cells, are linked to an increased risk of reproductive failure. This retrospective, observational study set out to evaluate whether SDF assessment could predict clinical outcome in an IUI-D program, where sperm donors are selected on strict conventional semen parameters. A total of 18 donors and 106 recipients were matched for IUI-D. Out of 429 cycles, 100 (23.3%) resulted in clinical pregnancy. We counted 78 live births (18.2% of cycles), while 20 pregnancies ended in miscarriage (4.7% of cycles), 1 in extra-uterine pregnancy and 1 in stillbirth. Female age significantly influenced clinical pregnancy and miscarriage rates. SDF increased after cryopreservation (26.3 ± 14.5%;

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cryopreservationdensity gradient centrifugationdonor spermfertility potentialheterologous inseminationintrauterine inseminationreproduction ratesperm DNA fragmentationsperm quality

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PMID38138895
PMCPMC10745103
OpenAlexW4389099928

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