Purpose: To review the clinical importance of including the hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test
in routine male fertility testing which in general is not evaluated by most physicians dealing …

The hypoosmotic swelling test is a simple laboratory test to evaluate the functional integrity
of the membrane of human spermatozoa. This test was performed on 83 samples of human …

For the diagnosis and evaluation of the therapy for male infertility and for predicting the
outcome of AIH and IVF-ET, technically simple, replicable tests that can be performed …

To determine the relationships between pre-freeze semen variables and cryosurvival rate
and post-thaw motility and examine whether they have any predictive value for the …

Objective: Hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST) has been shown to be an effective method for
the selection of live sperm. On-going pregnancies were obtained by using HOST-selected …

Objective To improve the accuracy of human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test by introducing
new morphological evaluation parameters for this test. Design Individual semen samples …

This study evaluates the clinical usefulness of one additional parameter for assessment of
human sperm cell function in vitro—the hypoosmotic swelling test. The hypoosmotic swelling …

The hypo‐osmotic swelling test (HOST) is widely used as a valuable test for determining
sperm quality by evaluating the membrane integrity of spermatozoa of various domestic …

The hypoosmotic swelling test (HOS) is a simple test to measure the functional competence
of human sperm membranes. The question is, does a relationship exist between this …

Purpose: The impact of some of the common laboratory interventions on the hypoosmotic
swelling (HOS) responses of human-spermatozoa was investigated. Methods: The semen …