M L Check1, J H Check, D Summers-Chase, J K Choe, D J Check, A Nazari. 1. 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.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine if a viable pregnancy is possible after aspiration of sperm from the testes of a man several hours after his death. METHOD: 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. CONCLUSION: Viable pregnancies following IVF-ET and ICSI are possible even when using testicular sperm obtained posthumously.
PURPOSE: To determine if a viable pregnancy is possible after aspiration of sperm from the testes of a man several hours after his death. METHOD: 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. CONCLUSION: Viable pregnancies following IVF-ET and ICSI are possible even when using testicular sperm obtained posthumously.