title: Semen storage for special purposes at Monash IVF from 1977 to 1997.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Monash IVF, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Audrins
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: McLachlan
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kovacs
mesh_terms: 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