Managing Infertility With ICSI

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection or ICSI treatment is a popular method of artificial fertilisation in ART (Artificial Reproduction Technique). An ideal treatment method for treating severe male infertility, it is increasingly used in cases of low sperm count or lack of quality sperm.

The method of ICSI involves the direct injection of sperm into the egg cytoplasm with the help of a micro injection needle. The process is mainly beneficial when the number of sperm available is very less. The method is used along with IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) as well.

ICSI Procedure

The initial process in ICSI involves sperm and egg retrieval from the male and female partner. This is done in with the help of procedures usually practised in other artificial fertilisation techniques. However in case of men suffering with very low or no sperm count special sperm extraction techniques.

The ICSI procedure involves the immobilisation of sperm extracted, with the help of the laser immobilisation technology. The immobilised sperm is then aspirated into a microinjection needle and directly injected into an egg that is held with a holding pipette. They are left in a laboratory environment for fertilisation to occur and later implanted in the mother’s womb.

The procedure ensures the highest probability for successful fertilisation the direct injection technique helps in overcoming several hurdles in the process. The process is known to have a high success rate of about 63% in cases of transfer on the 5th or 6th day. The success rate is about 41% in 3rd day transfers.

Sperm Extraction Techniques

These techniques are relied on, in cases of very less or no sperm during ejaculation. The different types of sperm extraction techniques are as follows. 

• MESA – Micro Epididymal Sperm Aspiration
• PESA – Percutaneous Sperm Aspiration 
• TESE – Testicular Sperm Extraction

The success rate of fertilisation in ICSI is about 90% although the overall success rate is lower than regular IVF.

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Assisted Reproductive Technology For Infertility

Infertility is an increasing disorder in the world today. The disorder can be described as, the inability to conceive even after having a repeated unprotected intercourses for a year or more. If you think you are a sufferer for the issue, you may as soon as consult your doctor and get your treatment because delaying may lead to reduced chances of pregnancy.

Failure to conceive can be due to infertility disorder either in woman or man or in both. A number of infertility treatments are available today for infertility. Assisted reproductive Technology (ART) involves all the treatments for infertility.

Causes of Infertility :

It is usually a practice to point the fingers upon women for infertility. But the underlying fact is that women are not the only ones suffering from infertility. Failure to conceive can be due to infertility disorder either in woman or man or in both. 30% of this failure is due to women, next 30% by men and the remaining 40% can be because of factors from both. These factors may include;

Causes of female infertility : Ovarian tumors, Polycystic ovary, Ovulation disorder, Uterine fibroids, Endometriosis, Damages in fallopian tubes and her age.

Causes of male infertility : Reduced sperm generation, Generation of abnormally shaped sperm, Failure in sperm production, Antisperm antibodies and Genetical problems.

Treatments In Assisted Reproductive Technology:

IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) : IVF is the infertility treatment in which matured eggs collected from female are fertilized with sperm collected from male in an artificial environment. The embryo developed is then transferred to the uterus of female.

ICSI (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection) : ICSI is a male infertility treatment procedure in which sperm from male is directly injected into the eggs collected from the female and thus making it get fertilized.

Surgical sperm retrieval : Both PESA (Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration) and TESA (Testicular Sperm Aspiration) are male infertility treatments in which sperms are  surgically extracted from male.

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