title: Using sperm posthumously: national guidelines versus practice.
abstract: Under pressure from involved families and time limitations, Israeli judges tend to authorize postmortem sperm retrieval and freezing, even in unmarried men and in contradiction to current, albeit non-legally binding, guidelines of the Attorney General. Postmortem sperm retrieval in our institution (2003 to June 2009) was successful in 17 cases, motile sperm was found in 16/17, and cryopreservation was performed in 15/16: no application for use of any of the postmortem frozen samples has been performed thus far.
authors: Male Infertility and IVF Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel. araziel@asaf.health.gov.il
authors: Arieh
authors: A
authors: Raziel
authors: Shevach
authors: S
authors: Friedler
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Strassburger
authors: Sarit
authors: S
authors: Kaufman
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Umansky
authors: Raphael
authors: R
authors: Ron-El
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D002423:Cause of Death; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037022:Posthumous Conception / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011247:Pregnancy; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000379:methods; D053625:Sperm Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult