title: Live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 102704.2733@compuserve.com
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Belker
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yoffe
mesh_terms: 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