ReviewCureus2022
Cryopreservation of Sperm: A Review.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Artificial vagina conformation and composition for semen collection.Reproduction & fertility · 2025Pooled it
- Innovative nanotechnology approach using salicylic acid loaded chitosan nanoparticles to improve post-thaw sperm function, reduce apoptosis, and preserve ultrastructure in rams.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Physalis polysaccharide-sericin nanocarriers for controlled alpha-lipoic acid delivery and improved human sperm cryopreservation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Reactive Oxygen Species in Embryo Development: Sources, Impacts, and Implications for In Vitro Culture Systems.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Review
- [Sperm donation utilization rates in nonobstructive azoospermia patients under different testicular sperm retrieval methods during assisted reproductive technology cycles].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025Article
- Impact of cryopreservation agents on sperm quality, DNA fragmentation, and apoptotic markers in fertile and infertile males.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Optimization of Vitrification Protocols for Feline Epididymal Spermatozoa: Impact on Post-Warming Sperm Quality and Fertilizing Potential.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Ray of Hope for Infertility.ACS omega · 2025Review
- The Clinical Use of Myo-Inositol in IVF-ET: A Position Statement from the Experts Group on Inositol in Basic and Clinical Research and on PCOS (EGOI-PCOS), the Polish Society of Andrology, and the International Scientific Association for the Support and Development of Medical Technologies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Influence of Cryopreservation on Sperm Morphology and Its Implications in Terms of Fractions of Higher-Quality Sperm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Impact of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Conception: Insights into Infertility, Fertility Preservation, Assisted Reproductive Technology, and Pregnancy Outcomes.Seminars in reproductive medicine · 2024Review
- Effects of Slow Freezing and Vitrification of Human Semen on Post-Thaw Semen Quality and miRNA Expression.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Update and new advances in fertility preservation and cancer.CA: a cancer journal for cliniciansReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Sperm cryopreservation has been used as a sperm preservation solution for infertility issues faced by men undergoing cancer treatment for over 40 years. Recent developments in sperm cryopreservation and its wide variety of therapeutic uses are discussed in this article, which offers a succinct and up-to-date overview of the relevant literature. Recently, sperm cryopreservation has been employed for a wider variety of therapeutic purposes. As a result, sperm freezing is becoming available to a wider variety of patients, which requires more specialized personnel and increases overhead expenses. While sperm cryopreservation before cancer treatment is accessible in many countries, oncology doctors' referral rates and patient participation with cryopreservation services have been observed to be poor. In addition, there are still moral concerns with sperm banking, including whether or not donors' identities should be protected and whether or not a deceased person's sperm should be used after his or her death. This article discusses the recent developments in sperm cryopreservation technology and the moral questions that have arisen around this practice, with an eye toward how a deeper knowledge of these concerns can help more people get access to treatments that might help preserve their fertility. A sperm bank will notify clients about the screenings it does and the background information it gathers on individual donors to guarantee the safety and quality of the sperm they get. The viability and quantity of viable sperm in a thawed sample are often guaranteed by a sperm bank. They will look for very fertile males who can donate sperm that can withstand the freezing and thawing procedure. In many cases, sperm banks advertise their samples as having a certain number of viable sperm per milliliter, and they may provide many sample types for various applications (intracytoplasmic sperm injection and intrauterine insemination).
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.