Live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man.
OBJECTIVE
To report a live birth with IVF-ET and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using sperm retrieved from a moribund man being maintained on life support systems.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Nonprofit private teaching hospitals.


METHODS
A 27-year-old man who was decorticate after an accident.


METHODS
Epididymal sperm retrieval and sperm cryopreservation, pastoral psychologic counseling, and subsequent IVF-ET with ICSI.


METHODS
Pregnancy and delivery.


RESULTS
Birth of a healthy child after IVF-ET with ICSI and single blastocyst transfer.


CONCLUSIONS
First report in peer-reviewed medical literature of a live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man.
Belker
A M
AM
Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 102704.2733@compuserve.com
Swanson
M L
ML
Cook
C L
CL
Carrillo
A J
AJ
Yoffe
S C
SC
D000328:Adult; D003655:Decerebrate State; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D013048:Specimen Handling; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D013094:Spermatozoa