Ongoing pregnancy after intracytoplasmic injection of testicular spermatozoa into cryopreserved human oocytes.
Human oocyte cryopreservation has met with limited success in terms of both survival and subsequent fertilization. We recently reported the first birth of a healthy female infant after intracytoplasmic sperm injection of cryopreserved oocytes. The current report describes the first pregnancy achieved after intracytoplasmic injection of testicular sperm into cryopreserved human oocytes.
Porcu
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The Infertility and IVF Center, Reproductive Endocrinology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bologna, Italy.
Fabbri
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Petracchi
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Ciotti
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Flamigni
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D000328:Adult; D015925:Cryopreservation; D003593:Cytoplasm; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D009865:Oocytes; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013094:Spermatozoa; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology