“…Regarding the assisted reproduction techniques, 7 studies (25.92%) mentioned that patients were submitted to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) (Cota et al, 2012;Geber & Sampaio, 2013;Coelho Neto et al, 2015;2016;Costa et al, 2016;Souza et al, 2017;Bercaire et al, 2018); 18 studies (66.66%) cited ICSI exclusively (Pinheiro et al, 2003;Borges et al, 2003;Pasqualotto et al, 2003;Glina et al, 2005;Esteves & Glina, 2005;Pasqualotto et al, 2005;Romão et al, 2010;Semião-Francisco et al, 2010;Setti et al, 2011;Pasqualotto, et al, 2012;Valle et al, 2012;Taitson et al, 2012;Nastri et al, 2013;Picinato et al, 2014;Maia-Filho et al, 2015;Donabela et al, 2015;Borges et al, 2016;Scheffer et al, 2017); and 2 studies (7.40%) cited the Intracytoplasmic Injection of Morphologically Selected Sperm (IMSI) (Cavagna et al, 2012;Borges et al, 2013). IVF was used mainly in cases associated with female infertility, such as endometriosis, poor ovarian response, polycystic ovary syndrome and advanced age.…”