Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) with Donor Sperm (Sperm Bank)
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Donor sperm is used when:
• the male partner’s semen sample contains no spermatozoa (also known as azoospermia)
• he is ill or is a carrier of a serious genetic or infectious disease, etc.
The Gynaecology & Fertility Centre cooperates with certified sperm banks abroad, which meet strict criteria regarding the safety and effectiveness of their genetic material.
Donor Screening
Initially the donors are selected based on a number of parameters:
• Sperm Quality
• Age
• Personality
• Education
• 4 Generation Family Health History
Further screening includes blood and urine analysis:
• Chemistry Panel
• Complete Blood Count
• Urinalysis
• ABO-Rh Blood typing
• HIV
• HTLV I/II
• Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
• Hepatitis B Core Antibody
• Hepatitis C Viral Antibody
• Syphilis (RPR)
• CMV IgG/IgM
• Chlamydia
• Gonorrheae
The genetic tests include the following:
• 4 generation family medical history, which is reviewed by a trained genetic specialist or a medical doctor (all donors)
• Cystic Fibrosis screening for 32-86 mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis gene (all Caucasian donors)
• Chromosome analysis (all donors)
• Thalassemia (all donors). An HPLC analysis is done to detect this indirectly. Please contact us if you would like to have your donor genetically screened for carrier status.
• Tay-Sachs disease (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish or French Canadian ancestry)
• Canavan disease (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)
• Familial Dysautonomia (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)
• Fanconi Anemia type C (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)
• Gaucher disease (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)
• Niemann-Pick type A disease (donors with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry)
• Sickle Cell Disease (donors with African ancestry are genetically screened). For all donors an HPLC analysis is done to detect this indirectly.
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