Posthumous sperm retrieval: analysis of time interval to harvest sperm
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...Successful postmortem sperm retrieval (PMSR) has been reported up to 36 hours after death, though the likelihood of success is lower once 24 hours have transpired.(17) Several methods of PMSR have been reported, including epididymal harvest, irrigation or aspiration of the vas deferens, electroejaculation, and TESE....
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...Almost all requests for PSP from a widow or defacto partner should be honoured by prompt recourse to surgical sperm extraction, preferably within 36 h of death, so as to obtain optimal quality sperm (Shefi et al., 2006)....
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...Reports suggest that only a small proportion of widows who request PSP actually proceed with fertility treatment (Bahadur, 2002; Kroon et al., 2012; Raziel et al., 2010; Shefi et al., 2006), and when combined with the low proportion of cases of sudden deaths that actually proceed to PSP, the result in a relatively small numbers of babies born from posthumous conception....
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..., 2012), a figure which seems to be generally representative of the small number of posthumous conceptions reported in other countries that do allow for PSP (Bahadur, 2002; Hurwitz and Batzer, 2004; Shefi et al., 2006)....
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...Sperm is generally surgically obtained from the male reproductive tract by either needle aspiration of sperm or testicular tissue, open biopsy of the testicle or surgical removal of the entire epididymis and testicle (Hurwitz and Batzer, 2004; Shefi et al., 2006)....
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...As sperm DNA integrity declines after death, it has been advised that surgical sperm procurement should occur within 36 h of death to give optimal chances of successful pregnancy (Shefi et al., 2006)....
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...Gamete retrieval from moribund individuals also provides a potential opportunity to initiate PAR (1, 2)....
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...Successful cases of postmortem sperm extraction have been described and live births after use of the previously preserved gametes reported (2)....
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...which data were not available, all cases included an evaluation of sperm motility, and one included an assessment of sperm viability with eosin Y (Bjorndahl et al., 2003)....
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...Except for two cases in which data were not available, all cases included an evaluation of sperm motility, and one included an assessment of sperm viability with eosin Y (Bjorndahl et al., 2003)....
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...Viable sperm has been found in rams 48 h post-mortem and in deer 40 h postmortem (Kaabi et al., 2003; Soler and Garde, 2003)....
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...Sperm obtained in the post-mortem state was first reported in 1980 (Rothman, 1980; Batzer et al., 2003); since then, only a few pregnancies and births attributed to PSR-derived sperm have been reported (Check et al., 1999, 2002; Belker et al., 2001; Batzer et al., 2003)....
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...Sperm obtained in the post-mortem state was first reported in 1980 (Rothman, 1980; Batzer et al., 2003); since then, only a few pregnancies and births attributed to PSR-derived sperm have been reported (Check et al....
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...Despite the increased feasibility of using retrieved sperm with modern ART protocols, medico-legal, moral and ethical issues abound and limit the number of PSR procedures performed (Kerr et al., 1997; Kahan et al., 1999; Finnerty et al., 2001; Bahadur, 2002; Land and Ross, 2002; Orr and Siegler, 2002; Batzer et al., 2003; Hill, 2003; Tash et al., 2003)....
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...…with modern ART protocols, medico-legal, moral and ethical issues abound and limit the number of PSR procedures performed (Kerr et al., 1997; Kahan et al., 1999; Finnerty et al., 2001; Bahadur, 2002; Land and Ross, 2002; Orr and Siegler, 2002; Batzer et al., 2003; Hill, 2003; Tash et al., 2003)....
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...Modern assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have reinforced the feasibility of PSR but have also brought to light many moral, ethical, legal and social issues (Bahadur, 2002; Land and Ross, 2002; Orr and Siegler, 2002; Batzer et al., 2003)....
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