First reported deliveries in Ireland using surgically retrieved sperm for non-obstructive azoospermia.
Couples presenting with male factor infertility comprise an important proportion of clinical reproductive endocrinology consultations. Indeed, a problem with the male is the only cause, or a contributing cause, of infertility in ~40% of infertility evaluations. Here we present the first published deliveries obtained from IVF utilising surgically retrieved sperm in Ireland; pregnancy and delivery are also described following transfer of cryopreserved/thawed embryos derived from such sperm. Finding no sperm from a semen analysis in a man without a vasectomy can be a devastating event, and substantially influences the scope of the reproductive endocrinology consultation. Successful treatment of non-obstructive azoospermia is possible without reliance on anonymous donor sperm.
Walsh
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The Sims Institute/Sims International Fertility Clinic, Rosemount Hall, Dundrum Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland.
Yokota
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Walsh
D J
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Jones
B J
BJ
Coull
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Sills
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D000328:Adult; D053713:Azoospermia; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012662:Semen Preservation; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D053625:Sperm Retrieval