The hypoosmotic swelling test: an update

RS Jeyendran, HH Van der Ven… - Archives of …, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) test is a relatively new assay used to evaluate the
functional integrity of the sperm's plasma membrane. In fact, more studies have been …

Some semen abnormalities may cause infertility by impairing implantation rather than fertilization

JH Check, D Katsoff, ML Check - Medical hypotheses, 2001 - Elsevier
The hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test measures the functional integrity of the sperm
membrane. Although, the sperm membrane is essential for the fertilization of oocytes …

In vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection is an effective therapy for male factor infertility related to subnormal hypo‐osmotic swelling test scores

JH CHECK, D KATSOFF, ML CHECK… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study was to determine if intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) would be an
effective therapy for males with subnormal hypo‐osmotic swelling test (HOST) scores, a …

Comparison between the hypoosmotic swelling test and morphology evaluation using strict criteria in predicting in vitro fertilization (IVF)

ME Enginsu, JCM Dumoulin, M Pieters… - Journal of assisted …, 1992 - Springer
Comparison between the hypoosmotic swelling test and morphology evaluation using strict
criteria in predicting in vitro fertiliz Page 1 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol …

Novel parameters of human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test and their correlation to standard spermatogram, total motile sperm fraction, and sperm penetration assay

N Mordel, I Dano, M Epstein-Eldan, A Shemesh… - Fertility and sterility, 1993 - Elsevier
Objective To improve the accuracy of human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test by introducing
new morphological evaluation parameters for this test. Design Individual semen samples …

Reappraisal of the hypo‐osmotic swelling test to improve assessment of seminal fertility status

R Smith, M Madariaga… - International journal of …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The hypo‐osmotic swelling (HOS) test has been proposed as a useful assay for evaluation
of the functional competence of the human sperm membranes. To assess this further, the …

Hypo-osmotic sperm swelling test does not assess fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa

S Jager, J Kremer, J Wuchman - Archives of andrology, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The hypo-osmotic sperm swelling (HOSS) test was performed on semen samples of five
normospermic men from couples with prolonged infertility. Previously, the men had negative …

Evaluation of subgroups of the human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test in normozoospermic male cases with recurrent fertilization failure: a prospective case …

T Irez, TA Usta, G Zebitay, E Oral, H Senol… - Archives of gynecology …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose To compare subgroups of the human sperm hypoosmotic swelling test subgroups
in both recurrent fertilization negative infertile cases with normal semen analysis and …

A study of the hypo-osmotic swelling test of spermatozoa in both fertile and infertile male subjects and its relationship with the standard spermiogram

K Majumdar, G Rajagopalan… - Indian Journal of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare the hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST) of spermatozoa with the
standard spermiogram in both fertile and infertile male subjects. Materials and Methods: The …

Binding capacity of bull spermatozoa to oviductal peithelium in vitro and its ralation to sperm chromatin stability, sperm volume regulation and fertility

AT Khalil, Y Abdel-Razek - 2004 - elib.tiho-hannover.de
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the efficiency of the sperm-oviduct explant
binding assay (OEA) in predicting the sperm fertilization potential in vitro and, to investigate …