Ethics of postmortem sperm retrieval: Ethics of sperm retrieval after death or persistent vegetative state

Consent to sperm retrieval and insemination after death or persistent vegetative state.

I-4: Sperm Retrieval: 2013 Updates

Men with congenital absence or bilateral partial aplasia of vas deferens, or those with failed or surgically unreconstructable obstructions or azospermic men with testicular failure or genetic cause can now be treated by using sperm retrieval techniques in conjunction with in vitro fertilization/intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI/ IVF). These techniques are: Microsurgical epididymal sperm ...

Post-mortem sperm retrieval.

1. Arguments Against Post-Mortem Sperm Retrieval A. Issur Nivvul ha-Met The 613 Torah commandments can be divided into two categories: those between man and God (ben adam la-maqom) and those between man and his fellow man (ben adam la-havero). The prohibition against nivvul ha-met, insulting the dignity of the dead, is a type of damage and, like all types of damages, falls in the category of co...

Posthumous sperm retrieval: analysis of time interval to harvest sperm.

BACKGROUND Current recommendations regarding posthumous sperm retrieval (PSR) are based on a small number of cases. Our purpose was to determine the time interval from death to a successful procedure. METHODS Seventeen consecutive PSR procedures in 14 deceased and 3 neurologically brain-dead patients at two male infertility centres [Sheba Medical Center (SMC), Tel-Hashomer, Israel and Univers...

Sperm retrieval for obstructive azoospermia

Advances in the treatment of male infertility now routinely allow men with obstructive azoospermia to have fertility treatment without microsurgical reconstruction. A variety of methods for retrieving sperm from men with obstructive azoospermia have been described. The goals of sperm retrieval are to obtain the best quality sperm possible, to retrieve adequate numbers of sperm for immediate use...