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Human Reproduction, Vol 12, 2706-2709, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press

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Ongoing pregnancies after intracytoplasmic injection using cryopreserved testicular spermatozoa

S Perraguin-Jayot, A Audebert, JC Emperaire and I Parneix
IFREARES, Clinique Saint Sernin, Centre de Fecondation in-vitro, Bordeaux, France.

We report two clinical pregnancies occurring after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using cryopreserved spermatozoa obtained from testicular biopsy, made in two different infertility situations in our clinic. The first patient showed a secretory azoospermia associated with elevated serum follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) level and spermiogenesis maturation arrest. The second patient was affected by azoospermia resulting from bilateral epididymal obstruction. Spermatozoa present in the wet preparation of testicular biopsy made on the day of scrotal exploration were cryopreserved within the testicular tissue for both men. Intracytoplasmic injections were performed at a later date, using spermatozoa prepared from frozen-thawed tissues. In each case, three embryos were obtained and transferred in utero. The transfers resulted in a twin pregnancy for the first case, and in a singleton pregnancy for the second. Living foetuses were seen in the ultrasound scan at the 7th week and both pregnancies are proceeding to date beyond 30 weeks without complications.
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