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Infertile couples were divided into two groups. The first group ([Formula: see text] 82) includes men with SCI, and the second ([Formula: see text] 74) men with obstructive azoospermia (OA) as the cause of infertility. All infertile men were examined and processed in the diagnostic procedure, and based on the urological findings, surgical extraction of sperm from the testicles was indicated. Exclusion criteria were the age of women over 40 and men over 45.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found that the quality of sperm was worse in the group with SCI, compared to the group with OA, but without statistical significance. Zenica and Johnsen score ([Formula: see text] 0.001; [Formula: see text] 0.000) showed worse semen characteristics in the group with SCI. There were no significant differences in the average number of embryos ([Formula: see text] 0.698), pregnancy rates per cycle ([Formula: see text] 0.979) and pregnancy rates per embrio transfer (ET), clinical pregnancy rates per ET ([Formula: see text] 0.987) and delivery rates per ET ([Formula: see text]= 0.804) in couples with SCI, compared to couples with OA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on the results of this research, the TESA and ICSI procedures can be recommended as a successful method in the treatment of male infertility caused by azoospermia due to SCI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3233\/thc-240518","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,26]],"date-time":"2024-07-26T11:03:12Z","timestamp":1721991792000},"page":"65-75","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Reproductive characteristics and success rate of intracytoplasmic sperm microinjection in spinal cord injury infertile men: Retrospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Ermin","family":"\u010cehi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Reproduction, Menopause and Aesthetic Gynecological Endocrinology, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina"},{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anis","family":"Cerovac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina"},{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Te\u0161anj, Te\u0161anj, Bosnia and Herzegovina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tarik","family":"Zulovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, University of Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina"},{"name":"Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edin","family":"Begi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Sarajevo Medical School, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, General Hospital \u201cPrim. 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