Research Article

Comparison of the Effects of Different Testicular Sperm Extraction Methods on the Embryonic Development of Azoospermic Men in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycles: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Couples’ basic characteristics of the three groups.

TESA groupmTESE groupMESA group

No. of couples27090170
No. of cycles28290198
Infertility durations (years)0.06
Age (years)0.12
Age of female partner (years)0.26
BMI of female partner (kg/m2)0.86
Day 3 of the menstrual cycle FSH (IU/l)0.23
Days of stimulation (days)0.17
Total dose of FSH (IU)0.15
E2 on hCG administration day (pg/ml)0.70