Erschienen in:
01.03.2011 | Brief Report
First reported deliveries in Ireland using surgically retrieved sperm for non-obstructive azoospermia
verfasst von:
A. P. H. Walsh, T. T. Yokota, D. J. Walsh, B. J. Jones, G. D. Coull, E. S. Sills
Erschienen in:
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
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Ausgabe 1/2011
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Abstract
Couples presenting with male factor infertility comprise an important proportion of clinical reproductive endocrinology consultations. Indeed, a problem with the male is the only cause, or a contributing cause, of infertility in ~40% of infertility evaluations. Here we present the first published deliveries obtained from IVF utilising surgically retrieved sperm in Ireland; pregnancy and delivery are also described following transfer of cryopreserved/thawed embryos derived from such sperm. Finding no sperm from a semen analysis in a man without a vasectomy can be a devastating event, and substantially influences the scope of the reproductive endocrinology consultation. Successful treatment of non-obstructive azoospermia is possible without reliance on anonymous donor sperm.