Fernando Meseguer Estornell

Mr. Fernando Meseguer Estornell

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

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20 May 2024 in Biomedicines
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FEFernando Meseguer Estornell
Fernando Meseguer Estornell
CGCarla Giménez-Rodríguez
Carla Giménez-Rodríguez
RERocío Rivera Egea
Rocío Rivera Egea
LSLaura Carrion Sisternas
Laura Carrion Sisternas
JRJose A. Remohí
Jose A. Remohí
MMMarcos Meseguer
Marcos Meseguer
The same sperm selection techniques in assisted reproduction clinics have remained largely unchanged despite their weaknesses. Recently, microfluidic devices have emerged as a novel methodology that facilitates the sperm selection process with promising results. A prospective case-control study was conducted in two phases: 100 samples were used to compare the microfluidic device with Density Gradient, and another 100 samples were used to compare the device with the Swim-up. In the initial phase, a significant enhancement in progressive motility, total progressive motile sperm count, vitality, morphology, and sperm DNA fragmentation were obtained for the microfluidic group compared to Density Gradient. Nevertheless, no statistically significant differences were observed in sperm concentration and chromatin structure stability. In the subsequent phase, the microfluidic group exhibited significant increases in sperm concentration, total progressive motile sperm count, and vitality compared to Swim-up. However, non-significant differences were seen for progressive motility, morphology, DNA structure stability, and DNA fragmentation. Similar trends were observed when results were stratified into quartiles. In conclusion, in a comparison of microfluidics with standard techniques, an improvement in sperm quality parameters was observed for the microfluidic group. However, this improvement was not significant for all parameters.