Why sperm freezing?

Why sperm freezing?

Why sperm freezing?

1. Low sperm count or abnormal semen parameters.

 2. For cancer patients to preserve their fertility prior to gonadotoxic chemotherapy or radiation.

3. Patients proposed to undergo pelvic or testicular surgeries

4. Degenerative illnesses such as diabetes or multiple sclerosis patients or spinal cord disease or injury.

5. Occupations risking of injury to sperms.

6. Before vasectomy for men undergoing surgical sterilization

7. In order to quarantine the sperm sample if suspicion of latent infections arise. Also for all done sperm samples as a routine measure to quarantine.

8. Used in combination with ART techniques.

9. Husband working abroad  and the wife needed to undergo an IVF, semen sample of the husband can be frozen.

10. Men undergoing sperm retrieval procedures, the sperms once retrieved can be frozen to avoid undergoing surgery again.

Why sperm freezing?