COMPARISON OF SPERM VELOCİTY AND MOTILITY OF NORMAL AND OLIGOSPERMIC PATIENTS

Abstract

Introduction: Inadequate sperm production is one of the leading causes of male infertility. Infertility can be defined as the fact that married couples do not have a pregnancy despite one year of unprotected intercourse. The most important test to be applied to detect male infertility is spermiogram analysis. According to the results of the spermiogram, no semen in the semen fluid, azoospermia, inadequate number of sperm is called oligospermia. Sperm mobility and speed are very important for fertilization. Sperm production and maturation, transportation and storage problems negatively affect sperm motility, velocity and concentration. Objective: In this study, it will be determined whether the motility and velocity, which is one of the important sperm characteristics, varies between normal and oligospermic patients. The results of the study will contribute to planning of treatment, improvement of semen parameters of oligospermic patient and determination of quality of semen sample for these parameters before insemination and IVF. Materials and methods: In this study, routine spermiogram analysis data will be used. Discussion and conclusion: According to the results of the study, there was a significant difference between the sperm motility and velocity of normal and oligospermic patients according to Mann-Whitney U test results (p = 0.000). In patients with oligospermic sperm velocity and motility is lower than normal ones. There was also a strong positive correlation between sperm concentration and sperm velocity in both oligospermic and normal patients.