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Chapter 36 - Sperm banking:

indications and techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2010

By
Moshe Wald  and
Gail S. Prins
Edited by
Larry I. Lipshultz ,
Stuart S. Howards  and
Craig S. Niederberger
Larry I. Lipshultz
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine
Stuart S. Howards
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Craig S. Niederberger
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
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Summary

An inverse correlation exists between successful cryopreservation and the complexity of the biological system being frozen. Human spermatozoa have a very broad response curve, with little difference in survival observed following a wide range of cooling rates. Cryopreservation procedures have been reported to cause generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which have been shown to have a negative effect on sperm function. As a rule of thumb in cryobiology, thaw rates should match the freezing rates. Human sperms are frozen at rapid freezing rates, and the thawing protocols should include rapid thaw rates. Cryobanking of donor sperm is a major application for sperm cryopreservation. Routine consideration of sperm cryopreservation for possible future in-vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedures at the time of diagnostic testicular biopsy or reconstructive surgery has been recommended, because of a number of advantages that cryopreservation provides.

Keywords

embryo transferin-vitro fertilizationintracytoplasmic sperm injectionovarian hyperstimulation syndromeoocyteobstructive azoospermiamale infertilitymicromanipulationsomatic cell nuclear transferzona pellucida
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Infertility in the Male , pp. 593 - 602
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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