Short-term Banking
Long-term Banking
- In some cases, semen is stored by male patients in preparation for an IVF procedure. This ensures that sperm will be available on the day of IVF.
- Your doctor may also suggest banking semen for use when the male patient will be out of town on the day of an IUI or IVF procedure.
Long-term Banking
- For men who are undergoing medical treatment which might make them sterile (radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, surgery of the male urogenital system including vasectomy, and some spine surgeries).
- Allows for future fertility following their medical or surgical treatment.
- Patients who require removal of sperm directly from the testicle or epididymis also have sperm frozen prior to IVF with ICSI.
See our information sheet on Sperm Banking for Fertility Insurance.
