Preparation of human frozen-thawed seminal specimens using the SpermPrep filtration method: improvements over the conventional swim-up method

PM Zavos - Fertility and sterility, 1992 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of frozen-thawed
spermatozoa recovered through the SpermPrep (ZBL, Inc., Lexington, KY) filtration method …

Andrology: Effectiveness of various sperm processing methods in removing seminal plasma from insemination media

PF Levay, F Le R. Fourie, C Bezuidenhout… - Human …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The effectiveness of the wash and swim-up (1 and 2 wash cycle), two layer Percoll gradient,
SpermPrep and underlay sperm preparation methods in removing seminal plasma from …

Comparative evaluation of three sperm-washing methods to improve sperm concentration and motility in frozen-thawed oligozoospermic and normozoospermic …

A Bongso, AK Jarina, J Ho, SC Ng… - Archives of …, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
Three sperm-washing methods (direct layering without centrifugation, DL; ficoll entrapment,
F; and percoll gradient, P) were evaluated for sperm recovery and motility using computer …

Comparisons of sperm quality, morphometry and function among human sperm populations recovered via SpermPrep™ II filtration, swim‐up and Percoll density …

Y Yamarnoto, S Maenosono, H Okada, I Miyagawa… - Andrologia, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to compare the morphology/morphometry and fertilizing
capacity of human spermatozoa recovered via swim‐up method, Percoll density gradient …

Preparation of oligozoospermic and/or asthenozoospermic semen for intrauterine insemination using the SpermPrep semen filtration column

K Ohashi, F Saji, A Wakimoto, M Kato, T Tsutsui… - Fertility and sterility, 1992 - Elsevier
Objective To improve the quality of oligozoospermic and/or asthenozoospermic semen by
the SpermPrep (Fertility Technologies Inc., Natick, MA) semen filtration column. Design The …

Improved motility recovery of human spermatozoa after freeze preservation via a new approach

JC Glaub, RN Mills, DF Katz - Fertility and sterility, 1976 - Elsevier
A new sperm isolation technique was studied in conjunction with the short-term freeze
preservation of human spermatozoa. The isolation procedure yielded subpopulations of …

Comparison of various methods of processing human cryopreserved-thawed semen samples.

C Srisombut, M Morshedi, MH Lin… - Human reproduction …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
We compared the efficacy of various methods of processing cryopreserved-thawed samples
for the recovery of functionally adequate spermatozoa as assessed by the response to the …

Comparison between the quality and function of sperm after semen processing with two different methods.

ME Hammadeh, PM Zavos, P Rosenbaum… - Asian journal of …, 2001 - europepmc.org
Aim To compare the recovery rate of morphologically normal and chromatin condensed
spermatozoa from native semen samples using the SpermPrep filtration columns and …

Glass wool filter preparation of cryopreserved spermatozoa

K Coetzee, EL Erasmus, TF Kruger, R Menkveld… - Andrologia, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Oligozoospermic and asthenozoospermic semen ejaculates, as well as cryopreserved
sperm samples prepared by the wash and swim‐up procedure often result in unsatisfactory …

Preparation and recovery of frozen-thawed bovine spermatozoa via various sperm selection techniques employed in assisted reproductive technologies

JR Correa, PM Zavos - Theriogenology, 1996 - Elsevier
A number of semen manipulative techniques are currently available to remove the
undesirable spermatozoa, debris and other factors and to increase sperm quality. The use of …