Objective: To determine the feasibility of achieving births using sperm retrieved from a solitary testis with cancer.
Design: Prospective clinical study of azoospermic men with testis cancer in a solitary testis.
Setting: Infertility patients in an academic environment.
Patient(s): Azoospermic men with previous history of orchiectomy and testis cancer in a remaining solitary testis.
Intervention(s): Viable sperm were retrieved by immediate microdissection of paratumor testicular tissue from orchiectomy specimen.
Main Outcome Measure(s): Live births were achieved using sperm from immediate microdissection of orchiectomy specimen with testis cancer.
Conclusion(s): Azoospermic men with cancer in a solitary testis have potential for fertility.
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