Testicular sperm extraction for fertility preservation in young patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors in the adolescent and young adult generation often experience marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth after treatment; thus, fertility preservation is very important. In male patients, testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is sometimes performed due to azoospermia. Such a procedure is called oncological TESE (onco-TESE). In the present study, we aimed to define onco-TESE as TESE for fertility preservation in cancer patients, including those receiving gonadotoxic treatment.

Methods

Seventeen male patients with cancer who had undergone onco-TESE for fertility preservation at Yokohama City University Medical Center between April 2014 and March 2023 were included in the study.

Results

Motile testicular sperm were acquired by TESE in 9 out of 17 cases.

SUBMITTER: Karibe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11399058 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature