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Question about SCSA DNA fragmentation test - bad result

May 27 2011 at 12:15 PM		SMRC  (no login)
Hi to all - I am new to this board and am transitioning over from the over 40 board as my DH and I slowly inch towards trying DE at Cornell. I am currently a patient of Dr. Check. My DH recently got the results back of the SCSA/ DNA Fragmentation test, which results were TERRIBLE. 34.9%. My question to you all is whether any of you would move forward with DE with fragmentation at this level. I am now considering OE and DS, as a possible alternative/side-by-side option. DS/DE is not something I want to consider.

Thanks in advance!

 
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  1. Re: Question about SCSA DNA fragmentation test - bad result - zaytune on May 27
    1. hi there - SMRC on May 27
      1. Re: hi there - zaytune on May 27
        1. thanks - smrc on May 28
     
  2. My suggestion - Ariadne on May 27
    1. thanks very much - GSH too? - SMRC on May 27
      1. More - Ariadne on May 27
        1. Thank you!! - SMRC on May 28
     
  3. same issue here (preg m) - Adrah on May 27
    1. We had almost 51% and it worked:) - LizLA on May 27
    2. this is so encouraging! - SMRC on May 28
      1. sorry the above was meant for Adrah - SMRC on May 28
     
  4. just want to throw this out there - Kay on May 27
    1. Re: just want to throw this out there - SMRC on May 28
    2. one more thing - SMRC on May 28
      1. not necessarily - Kay on Jun 4
     
  5. I would make a phone appt with the SCSA lab director - Anonymous on May 27
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  6. We did TESE with great results - BBG on May 27
    1. TESE - SMRC on May 28
      1. I'm sure your clinic does some form of TESE - Anonymous on May 28
     
  7. We did, but did an antioxidant protocol for 3 months and then retested(success). - Kacee on May 28
    1. thank you for the info and encouragement - SMRC on May 28
      1. There have been amazing studies on Pycnogenol and sperm improvement - BBG on May 29
        1. Yes, the pycnogenol was one part of the protocol and we used specifically because of this - Kacee on May 29