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. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Nonprofit private teaching hospitals. PATIENT(S): A 27-year-old man who was decorticate after an accident. INTERVENTION(S): Epididymal sperm retrieval and sperm cryopreservation, pastoral psychologic counseling, and subsequent IVF-ET with ICSI. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pregnancy and delivery. RESULT(S): Birth of a healthy child after IVF-ET with ICSI and single blastocyst transfer. CONCLUSION(S): First report in peer-reviewed medical literature of a live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man.
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. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Nonprofit private teaching hospitals. PATIENT(S): A 27-year-old man who was decorticate after an accident. INTERVENTION(S): Epididymal sperm retrieval and sperm cryopreservation, pastoral psychologic counseling, and subsequent IVF-ET with ICSI. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pregnancy and delivery. RESULT(S): Birth of a healthy child after IVF-ET with ICSI and single blastocyst transfer. CONCLUSION(S): First report in peer-reviewed medical literature of a live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man.