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Live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man
A M Belker1, M L Swanson, C L Cook
1Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 102704.2733@compuserve.com
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.
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