Fertilization and pregnancy using intentionally cryopreserved testicular tissue as the sperm source for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in 10 men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction
R D OatesR Carson

Abstract

Testicular tissue extraction (TESE) to obtain spermatozoa for use with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has recently been employed in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia. Standard protocol is to retrieve a new sample of testis tissue on the day of oocyte recovery. Unfortunately, approximately 30% of men will possess no spermatozoa in their tissue, making ICSI an impossibility. We investigated whether testicular tissue that was intentionally obtained well before any planned ICSI cycle and cryopreserved could then serve as an efficacious sperm source in a subsequent ICSI cycle. This study reports on 10 men with non-obstructive azoospermia who did have spermatozoa found within their testis tissue at the time of TESE and who chose to use their frozen samples as the source of spermatozoa for a later cycle of ICSI. In 19 cycles the overall fertilization rate was 48%. Embryo transfer occurred in 89% of cycles. Two couples have achieved pregnancy (one ongoing, one delivered). All patients except one had multiple vials of frozen tissue remaining following their first cycle. This approach is offered as an alternative to repeated testicular tissue sampling, as the availability of spermatozoa is assured prior to the initiation...Continue Reading

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