title: In vitro fertilization techniques with frozen-thawed sperm: a method for preserving the progenitive potential of Hodgkin patients.
abstract: The banked sperm of 5 of 13 Hodgkin patients was thawed for assisted reproduction. The post-thaw sperm characteristics were extremely impaired. Nevertheless, in 80% of all trials fertilization in vitro was obtained and conceptus could be transferred. All spouses became pregnant and seven healthy infants were born. One could recommend every Hodgkin patient to bank his sperm before chemotherapy. In vitro fertilization techniques with this frozen-thawed sperm reveal promising results in comparison with artificial insemination to maintain the reproductive capacity of male Hodgkin patients.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tournaye
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camus
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wisanto
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Van Steirteghem
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devroey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D015181:Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology*; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014747:Vinblastine; D011239:Prednisolone