TY - JOUR
T1 - Sperm storage in the human cervix
T2 - A quantitative study
AU - Insler, V.
AU - Glezerman, M.
AU - Zeidel, L.
AU - Bernstein, D.
AU - Misgav, N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received July 24, 1979; revised September 25, 1979, and November 1, 1979; accepted November 5,1979. *Supported by a grant from the Chief Scientist's Bureau, Ministry of Health, Israel. tReprint requests: Professor Vaclav Insler, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - Twenty-five women scheduled for hysterectomy for nonmalignant disease participated in the study. Sperm storage in endocervical crypts was examined in three groups of patients: nine women pretreated with estrogen and inseminated with normal semen, nine women pretreated with gestagen and inseminated with normal semen, and seven women pretreated with estrogen and inseminated with abnormal semen. The number of crypts containing spermatozoa (colonized crypts) and the sperm density per crypt were examined in serially sectioned cervices. In estrogen-pretreated cervices both the percentage of colonized crypts and the sperm density were significantly higher than in gestagen-pretreated cervices. Large and giant crypts proved to be the main storage facility for spermatozoa. The localization of crypts along the endocervical canal did not influence sperm storage. The percentage of colonized crypts and sperm density were severely reduced in patients inseminated with abnormal semen.
AB - Twenty-five women scheduled for hysterectomy for nonmalignant disease participated in the study. Sperm storage in endocervical crypts was examined in three groups of patients: nine women pretreated with estrogen and inseminated with normal semen, nine women pretreated with gestagen and inseminated with normal semen, and seven women pretreated with estrogen and inseminated with abnormal semen. The number of crypts containing spermatozoa (colonized crypts) and the sperm density per crypt were examined in serially sectioned cervices. In estrogen-pretreated cervices both the percentage of colonized crypts and the sperm density were significantly higher than in gestagen-pretreated cervices. Large and giant crypts proved to be the main storage facility for spermatozoa. The localization of crypts along the endocervical canal did not influence sperm storage. The percentage of colonized crypts and sperm density were severely reduced in patients inseminated with abnormal semen.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)44596-6
DO - 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)44596-6
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AN - SCOPUS:0018840362
SN - 0015-0282
VL - 33
SP - 288
EP - 293
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
IS - 3
ER -