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Abstract
Objective
To report a case of post-mortem sperm retrieval with prolonged viability and motility.
Design
Case Report
Setting
Jackson Health System and Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department
Patient
A 44-year-old African American male patient with a history of recreational marijuana use and occasional alcohol consumption, who died from a cardiac arrest due to drug overdose.
Intervention
Multiple testicular biopsies and sperm analyses.
Main Outcome Measures
Sperm viability and motility of testicular biopsies at serial time intervals.
Results
Sperm obtained from the testis in the morgue remained viable and motile even at 106 hours (> 4 days) post-mortem.
Conclusion
Our study found that sperm obtained from the testis remained viable and motile even after being thawed following cryopreservation, even when obtained up to 100 hours post-mortem. This may have implications on the timeframe that post-mortem sperm retrieval can be performed successfully several days after death.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 13,
2023
Received in revised form:
March 7,
2023
Received:
February 13,
2023
Publication stage
In Press Accepted ManuscriptFootnotes
Funding Statement: This research was funded by a NIH Grant R01 DK130991 and Clinician Scientist Development Grant from the American Cancer Society to Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy
Disclosure Statement: No relevant disclosures
Attestation Statement: Data regarding any of the subjects in this study has not been previously published elsewhere. Data will be made available to the editors of the journal for review or query upon request.
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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