title: Analysis of the feasibility of storing human semen for future artificial insemination.
abstract: Patients about to undergo vasectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, pelvic radiotherapy or chemotherapy frequently wish to store semen for future artificial insemination. The probability that this will result in a pregnancy is approximately 33% and the logistics are complicated. These problems are discussed and a cost analysis is presented. A list of semen banks presently storing homologous human semen and registered with the American Association of Tissue Banks also is presented.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D008297:Male; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000191:economics; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000191:economics; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014481:United States; D014659:Vasectomy