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Previous testicular sperm karyotyping studies have only examined a few selected chromosomes using fluorescence in situ hybridization. The aim of this study was to provide a more detailed analysis of sperm karyotyping by analyzing all chromosomes using next-generation sequencing (NGS) in clinically usable testicular sperm. Sperm discarded after clinical use was collected for NGS. Additionally, sperm were individually collected by micromanipulation from patients with obstructive azoospermia (OA) and non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) who underwent TESE-ICSI. For comparison, ejaculated sperm from control and balanced translocation (BT) carriers were examined. Karyotyping was performed on individual sperm cells using NGS. The number of normal and aberrant sperm was compared. Seventeen patients participated in this study: control (n\u2009=\u20094), BT (n\u2009=\u20093), OA (n\u2009=\u20095), and NOA (n\u2009=\u20095). Ten sperm samples per patient were analyzed. 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