J Korean Med Assoc.  2016 Mar;59(3):194-204. 10.5124/jkma.2016.59.3.194.

The current status of public sperm bank in Korea

• Park NC

• KMID: 2382724
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2016.59.3.194

Abstract

Sperm banking is an important option to maintain the male fertilization capacity or induce pregnancy even though under the era of in vitro fertilization. The medical indications for sperm banking are generally consisted of 3 categories. There are cases on planning the permanent contraception like vasectomy or cancer patients to be scheduled the chemotherapy or radiotherapy as first category, male infertile patients with severe oligozoospermia or artificially harvested sperm ie, from microscopic epididymal sperm aspiration or testicular sperm extraction et cetera for the artificial insemination with husband sperm as second category, and the therapeutic donor insemination as third category. Of these three categories, the sperm donation program accompanies various complicated practical, ethical and legal issues. Therefore, highly regulated statements are mandatory in order to secure safety and the complete practices for voluntary sperm donors and infertile couples both. In aspect of administrative structure of sperm bank, there are 3 types that are national based to be established in the most of European countries and China, public based in Japan, and commercially available in the USA. Additionally, each country has different standard guidelines, regulation statements, act and law to control the sperm donation program as well as different cultural or religious background. Nevertheless, we need a consensus document to operate the sperm bank with the standard guidelines to be well revised according to each country's ethical perspectives as well as contemporary scientific evolution. This article will provide what is the Korean model for ideal sperm bank with the history of sperm cryopreservation and banking, background and prerequisite for the public sperm bank operation, and also expected effects.

Keyword

Sperm bank; Sperm donation; Cryopreservation; Artificial insemination

MeSH Terms

China
Consensus
Contraception
Cryopreservation
Drug Therapy
Family Characteristics
Fertilization
Fertilization in Vitro
Humans
Insemination
Insemination, Artificial
Japan
Jurisprudence
Korea*
Male
Oligospermia
Pregnancy
Radiotherapy
Sperm Banks*
Sperm Retrieval
Spermatozoa*
Spouses
Tissue Donors
Vasectomy

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  Figure 1 Sperm recruitment and delivery for artificial insemination by husband (AIH) and artificial insemination by donor (AID) in sperm bank. IUI, intrauterine insemination; IVF, in vitro fertilization

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