University of Bari

Hypo-osmotic swelling test identifies subfertile men likely to cause pregnancy

Published in Biotech Law Weekly, October 29th, 2004

The hypo-osmotic swelling test reliably identifies subfertile men likely to cause pregnancy, according to recent research from Italy.

M. Tartagni, University of Bari, and colleagues "[evaluated] the effectiveness and clinical usefulness of the hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test in predicting successful conception in couples in which men with mild male-factor infertility criteria were undergoing a timed vaginal intercourse protocol."

They analyzed semen samples from the men in 100 couples in which mild male infertility was the only abnormality. "Semen was analyzed according to standard World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and subjected to the HOS...

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Source: Biotech Law Weekly (2004-10-29)

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