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Medknow Publications, Asian Journal of Andrology, 2(10), p. 332-336, 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00248.x

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Clinical pregnancies and livebirths achieved by intracytoplasmic injection of round headed acrosomeless spermatozoa with and without oocyte activation in familial globozoospermia: Case report

Journal article published in 2008 by Enver K. Dirican, Ahmet Isik, Kubilay Vicdan, Eran Sozen, Zekiye Suludere ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

We report the successful outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment in two siblings with familial globozoospermia. After controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and oocyte pick-up, retrieved oocytes were mechanically activated before ICSI and a fertilization rate of 33.3% was achieved in the first case. The second couple underwent ICSI without oocyte activation and a 9.1% fertilization rate was obtained. The transfer of two grade I embryos in the first couple and one grade I embryo in the second couple resulted in clinical pregnancies with healthy livebirths. It was concluded that the main problem of cases with globozoospermia is a low fertilization rate, and even though ICSI and oocyte activation can increase this rate it is not necessarily needed to achieve a pregnancy.