First reported deliveries in Ireland using surgically retrieved sperm for non-obstructive azoospermia

• DOI: 10.1007/s11845-010-0613-0
• Publication Date: 2010-10-20T07:44:13Z
• Authors: A. P. H. Walsh; T. T. Yokota; D. J. Walsh; B. J. Jones; G. D. Coull; E. S. Sills
• Keywords: Adult; Cryopreservation; Male; Sperm Retrieval; Pregnancy Outcome; Fertilization in Vitro; Embryo Transfer; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Pregnancy; Humans; Female; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic; Ireland; Azoospermia; Semen Preservation

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.