The outcome of IVF/ICSI cycles in male cancer patients: retrospective analysis of procedures from 2004 to 2018
Catégorie d'article: Research Article
Publié en ligne: 05 mars 2021
Pages: 221 - 228
Reçu: 18 août 2020
Accepté: 25 janv. 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2021-0011
Mots clés
© 2021 Tanja Burnik Papler, Eda Vrtacnik-Bokal, Saso Drobnic, Martin Stimpfel, published by Sciendo
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Introduction
Fertility preservation is an important aspect of quality of life in oncological patients, and in men is achieved by semen cryopreservation prior to treatment. Results of
Patients and methods
We performed a retrospective analysis of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) procedures in infertile couples where men had been treated for cancer in the past. We additionally compared the results of IVF/ICSI procedures with respect to the type of semen used (fresh, cryopreserved).
Results
We compared the success rates of 214 IVF/ICSI cycles performed in the years 2004–2018. Pregnancy (30.0%
Conclusions
The success of IVF/ICSI procedures in couples where the male partner was treated for cancer in the past are the same in terms of pregnancies and live-births in fresh cycles regardless of the type of semen used. However, embryo utilization and embryo cryopreservation rates are significantly higher when cryopreserved semen is used, leading to a significantly higher cumulative number of couples who achieved at least one pregnancy.