A healthy birth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with Kartagener's syndrome
To report a healthy birth that was achieved by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) with use of ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with Kartagener's syndrome. Case report. Private infertility clinic. Couple with male factor infertility due to Kartagener's syndrome. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection with ejaculated sperm. Semen characteristics, sperm motility, fertilization, pregnancy, and birth after ICSI. With ejaculated sperm, the fertilization rates were 73% in the first stimulation cycle and 100% in the second cycle. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection was successful. The pregnancy resulted in birth of a single healthy child. With ejaculated sperm, successful pregnancy after ICSI in couples with Kartagener's syndrome is possible. Kartagener's syndrome is a heterogeneous group of disorders with similar clinical presentations, and treatment should be individualized depending on sperm motility.