Research Article

Evaluation of the Efficiency of Two Different Freezing Media and Two Different Protocols to Preserve Human Spermatozoa from Cryoinjury

Table 1

Postthaw viability and progressive motility of semen samples cryopreserved by two different freezing protocols using two different FM.

Variable⁢Group A (sperm washing protocol)⁢Group B (direct freezing protocol) value
TYBSFTYBSF

Viability (%)21.20 ± 115.62 ± 0.7127.21 ± 1.6921.71 ± 1.60<0.0001<0.0001 0.0060.0002
Progressive motility (%)18.41 ± 1.0313.99 ± 0.8716.63 ± 1.6713.38 ± 1.46<0.00010.005NSNS

Note: values are mean ± SEM. TYB, TEST Yolk Buffer; SF, Sperm Freeze.
, paired -test for TYB versus SF in group A.
, paired -test for TYB versus SF in group B.
, unpaired -test for TYB washed versus TYB not washed.
, unpaired -test for SF washed versus SF not washed.