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Case Reports
. 2001 Oct;76(4):841-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02013-1.

Live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man

A M Belker  1 , M L Swanson, C L Cook, A J Carrillo, S C Yoffe
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Case Reports

Live birth after sperm retrieval from a moribund man

A M Belker et al. Fertil Steril. 2001 Oct.
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Abstract

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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