Semen storage for special purposes at Monash IVF from 1977 to 1997.
OBJECTIVE
To review 20 years of experience with sperm storage before vasectomy or before chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy (medical storage), and to evaluate its usefulness.


METHODS
Retrospective data analysis.


METHODS
University-affiliated reproductive medicine clinic.


METHODS
Two hundred fifty-six men who underwent vasectomy and 258 men who underwent chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.


METHODS
Review of patient clinical notes.


METHODS
The subsequent use of cryostored sperm and the number of pregnancies that resulted.


RESULTS
Only 4 of the 256 men who underwent vasectomy returned for treatment, and three pregnancies were achieved. Eighteen of the 258 men who underwent chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy returned for treatment, and six pregnancies were achieved.


CONCLUSIONS
Only a small proportion of men (2%) returned to use their cryostored specimens after vasectomy, and pregnancy was achieved in most cases. Seven percent of men returned to use their specimens after chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, and pregnancy was achieved in only one third of cases.
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Monash IVF, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
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McLachlan
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013074:Sperm Banks; D014659:Vasectomy