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Live birth after posthumous testicular sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection with cryopreserved sperm: Case report
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.