Live birth after posthumous testicular sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection with cryopreserved sperm: case report.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if a viable pregnancy is possible after aspiration of sperm from the testes of a man several hours after his death.


METHODS
Following cryopreservation of the aspirated sperm, in vitro fertilization (IVF)-embryo transfer (ET) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was used. The sperm selected were either those with motility or plumper non-motile sperm.


RESULTS
Fertilization of oocytes and ET occurred following all five IVF-ET cycles. A clinical pregnancy was achieved in cycle 1 with non-motile sperm and a viable pregnancy resulted from cycle 5 with ICSI performed with viable sperm.


CONCLUSIONS
Viable pregnancies following IVF-ET and ICSI are possible even when using testicular sperm obtained posthumously.
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The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Jersey, USA.
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Summers-Chase
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Choe
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Nazari
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D000328:Adult; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037022:Posthumous Conception; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting