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Tag Archives: ICSI
The history of IVF — the milestones
This is a link to a website with an excellent summary of the history of IVF. Continue reading
Reproductive Technologies and the Risk of Birth Defects
There is an increased risk of birth defects in children born to patients using assisted reproductive technologies compared to spontaneous conceptions. This increase was more in patients undergoing ICSI than in women undergoing IVF. Of interest is the fact that this increase is also seen in patients using less invasive technologies (clomiphene citrate, intrauterine insemination) and those with a history of infertility that conceived spontaneously! The increase in birth defects may be due to the underlying reproductive disorders and not the technologies used to help these patients conceive. Continue reading
Does the shape of the sperm (morphology) matter?
Assessing the shape of sperm (morphology) is an important part of a semen analysis. At InVia Fertility Specialists we have been using the “strict” criteria for sperm morphology for many years. In this blog, Kelly Schorsch discusses the reason we use the “strict” criteria for assessing sperm morphology. Management of patients with abnormal sperm morphology (teratospermia) is also discussed. Continue reading
Celebrating ICSI’s twentieth anniversary and the birth of more than 2.5 million children
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection or ICSI is a widely used technique for treating severe male factor infertility. Using a micro manipulator, a single sperm is injected into the cytoplasm of an egg. Pregnancies are achieved even in men with a “zero” sperm count using testicular sperm! This blog discusses an interesting paper by one of the original researchers of ICSI where the history of ICSI is discussed. Continue reading
What’s sperm got to do with it?
Factors that can effect sperm quality are discussed in this blog. Continue reading
