Book contents
- Understanding Fertility
- Series page
- Understanding Fertility
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 How Conception Occurs and Why Pregnancy Does Not Always Happen
- 2 Is the Male Partner Fertile? Can His Sperm be Improved? What Options Are Available?
- 3 Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle and Anovulation Treatment
- 4 Are My Uterus or My Tubes Stopping Me Getting Pregnant?
- 5 Unexplained (Idiopathic) Infertility
- 6 What Is IVF and What Does It Entail?
- 7 Fertility Preservation and Other Reproductive Options
- 8 Mind over Matter?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Glossary
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
7 - Fertility Preservation and Other Reproductive Options
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2022
- Understanding Fertility
- Series page
- Understanding Fertility
- Copyright page
- Reviews
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 How Conception Occurs and Why Pregnancy Does Not Always Happen
- 2 Is the Male Partner Fertile? Can His Sperm be Improved? What Options Are Available?
- 3 Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle and Anovulation Treatment
- 4 Are My Uterus or My Tubes Stopping Me Getting Pregnant?
- 5 Unexplained (Idiopathic) Infertility
- 6 What Is IVF and What Does It Entail?
- 7 Fertility Preservation and Other Reproductive Options
- 8 Mind over Matter?
- Concluding Remarks
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Glossary
- References
- Figure Credits
- Index
Summary
The human clinical practice of sperm freezing, storing and thawing was developed using the techniques transferred from animal husbandry. The first human births using sperm frozen were reported in 1954. This soon became accepted practice, and sperm freezing and banking became widely used clinical tools. It was also recognised that the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy would often cause subsequent male infertility (azoospermia), and that the technology used for sperm banking could be used to preserve the fertility of such men by storing their sperm before treatment. Clinics started to store semen before cancer treatment in the 1970s, and the service is readily available in most cities.
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- Understanding Fertility , pp. 94 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022