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What do sperm DNA damage results mean?
If there is less than 25% damage:
You do not have a significant problem with sperm DNA
damage.
If there is more than 25% damage:
You have a
higher risk of infertility
and so are less likely
to get your partner pregnant naturally. Also, IUI will be unlikely to work for you two.
If there is between 26-49% damage:
You have a high chance of success with
IVF.
If there is over 50% damage:
You have a high risk of failure with IVF treatment. If treatment
is planned, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is more likely to be successful than IVF.
If there is over 50% damage and you have had failed ICSI treatment already:
If you fall into
this group, you may wish to talk to your fertility specialist about ICSI with surgically retrieved
sperm. Unfortunately, this is an invasive procedure but it may give you a better success rate.
If ICSI has failed with ejaculated sperm and you do
not
wish to have sperm retrieved surgically,
the only alternative is donor sperm.