Can We Cryopreserve the Sperm of COVID-19 Patients During the Pandemic?

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Xinyi Xia¹  Yongming Wu²  Zhiqiang Wang²  Xiaoxue Zhang³ 

[1] COVID‐19 Research Center, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Human sperm bank, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China;Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS-CoV-2;    semen;    cryobanks;    cryopreservation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fendo.2022.753267

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

An extreme strain has been placed on healthcare facilities in the COVID-19 era. Initial stage of the pandemic, national and international societies for reproductive medicine suggested the suspension of new IVF treatments and non-essential cryopreservation of gametes. Accordingly, the demands of cryopreservation of semen with COVID-19 patients also was suspended by some of cryobanks to protect staff and patients from unnecessary viral exposure at the acute stage. However, the pandemic may stay with us longer than expected. In addition, there will be some male COVID-19 patients with cancer or critically illness who needs to cryopreserve their semen before medical treatments, otherwise they might loss the chance of getting their own offspring. In this document, we summarize available evidence to deepen and expand awareness of feasibility of sperm cryopreservation and propose some suggestions to help cryobanks carry out sperm preservation procedure for COVID-19 male patients.

【 授权许可】

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