ArticleBasic and clinical andrology2013
Outcomes with intracytoplasmic sperm injection of cryopreserved sperm from men with spinal cord injury.
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- Effect of in vitro testicular spermatozoa culture on pregnancy outcomes: an experience at a single university hospital.Yeungnam University journal of medicine · 2021Article
- Management of Erectile Dysfunction and Infertility in the Male Spinal Cord Injury Patient.Current urology reports · 2018Review
- Improvement of Sexual and Reproductive Function in Men with Spinal Cord Lesion.Acta clinica Croatica · 2018Review
- Discussing reproductive health in spinal care, part II: fertility issues.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2016Article
- Fertility treatment in spinal cord injury and other neurologic disease.Translational andrology and urology · 2016Review
- Successful pregnancies and healthy live births using frozen-thawed sperm retrieved by a new modified Hotchkiss procedure in males with retrograde ejaculation: first case series.Basic and clinical andrology · 2015Article
- Impact on ICSI outcomes of adding 24 h of in vitro culture before testicular sperm freezing: a retrospective study.Basic and clinical andrology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundErectile dysfunction, ejaculatory dysfunction and poor semen quality are the main causes of infertility in men with spinal cord injury (SCI). Different sperm retrieval techniques such as penile vibratory stimulation (PVS), electro-ejaculation (EEJ) or surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) associated or not with sperm cryopreservation can be offered to these patients to preserve their fertility. If fatherhood cannot be achieved naturally, assisted reproductive techniques can be offered to these patients using either fresh or frozen/thawed sperm. The aim of the study was to report in SCI patients from Dijon (Burgundy) and in the literature, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes using frozen sperm obtained either by antegrade ejaculation (PVS or sexual intercourse) or by SSR.
methodsA retrospective analysis was performed in Dijon, Burgundy over a 17 year period (1995-2011) on a cohort of 19 SCI men (6 quadriplegics and 13 paraplegics, mean age: 25.2 ± 5.6 years) who underwent a sperm cryopreservation followed or not by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Patients were divided into two groups according to the sperm retrieval method used (antegrade ejaculation group (n=10): penile vibratory stimulation (PVS) for 9 patients and sexual intercourse for 1 patient and surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) group: n=9). The sperm parameters in both groups were analyzed. Pregnancy outcomes in the 8 couples who underwent ICSI were evaluated.
resultsThe fertilization rates were 57 and 55%, the embryo's cleavage rates were 90 and 93% in the antegrade ejaculation and SSR groups respectively. Among the 8 couples who underwent ICSI, 5 couples achieved pregnancy. The pregnancy rates per couple were 50% and 75% in the antegrade and SSR groups respectively.
conclusionsAlthough some studies don't recommend freezing sperm in SCI patients, the pregnancy rates presented in this study are encouraging and warrant the use of frozen/thawed sperm in very specific situations.
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