Successful pregnancies from men with retrograde ejaculation with the use of washed sperm and gamete intrafallopian tube transfer (GIFT).
Viable sperm were collected from men suffering from retrograde ejaculation by the technique of rapid washing of semen/urine in a buffered collection solution. The utilization of washed semen/urine from two men with retrograde ejaculation in the GIFT procedure lead to successful conceptions and the birth of two healthy female babies. Thus, the technique of rapid washing of sperm from retrograde ejaculating men coupled with GIFT represents a viable alternative for the attainment of pregnancy.
Vernon
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M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington 40536.
Wilson
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Muse
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K
Estes
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S
Curry
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T
D004542:Ejaculation; D005260:Female; D015181:Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013094:Spermatozoa