Legal issues and recommendations for public sperm bank
10.5124/jkma.2018.61.7.403
- Author:
Ju Tae SEO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jtandro@cgh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Infertility;
Sperm banks
- MeSH:
Azoospermia;
Family Characteristics;
Hope;
Humans;
Infertility;
Male;
Sperm Banks;
Spermatozoa
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2018;61(7):403-407
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Approximately 15% of couples hoping to conceive are infertile. Male factor infertility is the only cause in 40% of those couples. Approximately 20% of men with infertility have azoospermia. Of these patients, roughly 40% are experience obstruction or absence of sperm passage. However, the other 60% of patients must seek out adoption or conceive using a sperm bank. Currently, recommendations regarding legal issues are needed for sperm banks to be operated safely and effectively, and this paper provides a set of such recommendations.
