Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

The Korean Society for Reproductive Medicine (대한생식의학회)
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Study on the Clinical Validity of Sperm Penetration Assay

Sperm Penetration Assay의 임상적 타당성에 관한 연구

  • Pang, Myung-Geol (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Oh, Sun-Kyung (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Shin, Chang-Jae (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Gu (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Moon, Shin-Yong (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chang, Yoon-Seok (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Yong (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 방명걸 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 오선경 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 신창재 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 김정구 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 문신용 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 장윤석 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 이진용 (서울대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실)
  • Published : 1993.06.04
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Abstract

The present study was designed to test the validity of the semen analysis(S/A) and the sperm penetration assay(SPA) as a prognostic indicator of male fertility in 123 patients undergoing in vitro fertilization(IVF). We attempted to correlate the traditional semen parameters or the extent of sperm penetration in SPA with the results of human IVF rate or cleavage rate. Poor correlation was found between the results of S/A and human IVF rate(sensitivity, 80.6% ;specificity, 46.7%; positive predictive value, 91.6%;negative predictive value, 25%). Conversely, good correlation was found between the results of SPA and human IVF rate(sensitivity, 100% ; specificity, 80% ;positive predictive value, 97.3% ;negative predictive value, 100%). Our results corroborate the conclusion that SPA can be a valuable tool as a prognostic indicator of male fertilizing ability.

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