title: Failure of fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in a patient with Kartagener's syndrome and totally immotile spermatozoa: case report.
abstract: Patients with Kartagener's syndrome (KS) are invariably infertile with totally immotile spermatozoa. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is considered to be the treatment of choice for patients with immotile spermatozoa. We report the second KS case in the literature from whom immotile spermatozoa from the ejaculate failed to fertilize mature oocytes after ICSI. The role of micromanipulation in the treatment of KS patients is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, American University of Beirut - Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Musa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hannoun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khabbaz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devroey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000628:therapy*; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D013081:Sperm Motility; D016896:Treatment Outcome