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The reported success rates in terms of pregnancies after various forms of treatment of the infertile male remain unsatisfactory; therefore, the idea of stimulating sperm motility, selecting, concentrating, and eventually preserving the motile spermatozoa, and pooling the “good” spermatozoa harvested from several ejaculates for artificial insemination, remains attractive. Here, we report our experience with different techniques of motility stimulation, cryopreservation of stimulated spermatozoa, and selection and concentration of motile spermatozoa.
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Comhaire, F., Vermeulen, L., Zegers-Hochschild, F. (1982). Enhancement of Sperm Motility: Selecting Progressively Motile Spermatozoa. In: Bain, J., Schill, WB., Schwarzstein, L. (eds) Treatment of Male Infertility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68223-0_20
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