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Nationwide use of postmortem retrieved sperm in Israel: a follow-up report
Arieh Raziel1, Shevach Friedler, Deborah Strassburger
1Male infertility and IVF Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel. araziel@asaf.health.gov.il
Fertility and Sterility
|May 31, 2011
Abstract:
A follow-up study of the subsequent use of all postmortem frozen sperm samples during 2003-2010 is reported. Only the sister of one of the 10 unmarried deceased men was in contact with the bank. Four widows elected to discard the frozen sperm and all of the remaining spouses were uninterested in its fate. Because none of the samples were requested for use, the need for sperm procurement should be reconsidered.
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