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Posthumous assisted reproduction (PAR) is the process by which ART is used to establish pregnancy and produce genetic offspring after the death of the parent. This distinctly modern phenomenon raises numerous challenges for patients, their families, clinicians, and society.

In most cases, the sperm are harvested within 24 hours of death. Sperm quality could be inferior depending on how long after death sperm retrieval occurred. Viable sperm could be detected by the ‘hypo-osmotic swelling’ test and used for PAR with ICSI.