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I don't understand why doing ICSI with IVF wouldn't be as effective as for a man without a varicocele? Is this b/c the sperm have already been damaged by the excess heat (due to varicocele) in the testicle? It seems like if they could extract sperm from the testicle and then choose a few healthy ones to inject into the egg this would bypass the problem. Just thinking out loud. My DH has a very mild varicocele which at the beginning of our IF we thought was the problem, but it turns out it's not b/c we repeated the SA several times and they've all been great. But in the beginning I did tons of research on the surgery, and I have to say it's a gamble b/c it does seem like many invest in it only to not get pg or not see significant improvements in the sperm. Don't mean to be discouraging, but I have seen a lot of posts to this effect. I would inquire more about ICSI as it seems that it would circumvent the problem.