Revisiting the impact of ejaculatory abstinence on semen quality and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes.

E BorgesDaniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga Bianca Ferrarini ZanettiA IaconelliA S Setti

Published in: Andrology (2018)

Ejaculatory abstinence periods of >4 days have a detrimental effect on sperm DNA and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes. One day of ejaculatory abstinence significantly improves implantation rate and tends to increase pregnancy rate, compared to 2, 3 and 4 days of ejaculatory abstinence.

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