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However, previous studies do not clearly indicate whether male with cryptozoospermia should use testicular sperm or ejaculated sperm for ICSI. The newest systematic review of this topic also gave a controversial conclusion that was based on incorrect pooling result. Moreover, two clinical studies published after the systematic review. In the present update systematic review and meta-analysis, a comprehensive citation search for relevant studies was performed using the Cochrane library databases, Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science up to September 2017. The search returned 313 records, in which six studies were included in quantitative synthesis. These studies involved 578 male infertility patients who had undergone 761 ICSI cycles. The risk ratios favour fresh testicular sperm for good quality embryo rate (1.17, 95% CI 1.05\u20131.30,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.005), implantation rate (95% CI 1.02\u20132.26,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.04), and pregnancy rate (RR\u2009=\u20091.74, 95% CI 1.20\u20132.52,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.004). 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