title: Birth of healthy twins after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using ejaculated immotile spermatozoa from a patient with Kartagener's syndrome.
abstract: This case report demonstrates a successful pregnancy after ICSI combined with hypo-osmotic swelling test in a couple with Kartagener's syndrome with complete immotile ejaculated spermatozoa. Our result suggests that even for complete immotile spermatozoa, the use of hypo-osmotic swelling test is a good alternative to identify viable spermatozoa. When associated with ICSI, it can be a valuable tool to get fertilisation and pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Origen, Centro de Medicina Reprodutiva, Brazil. selmogeber@origen.com.br
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemgruber
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Taitson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sampaio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; D013081:Sperm Motility; D014427:Twins