ICSIis the infertility treatment for the male infertility problems and is acronym for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. ICSI is an option for the male who are infertile that is suffering from sperm count abnormality or produces low quality sperm or are problematic aperm with antibodies in semen.ICSI is one of the option for aged female also with thicker egg covering compared to the normal outer coverings and have undergone various IVF treatment that failed for them.
ICSI is one of the most effective method to fertilize the eggs in IVF lab and is widely used for male infertility problems . ICSI is considered to be an option for the patients where the treatments like Intra Uterine Insemination or In Vitro Fertilisation has failed
High fertilsation rate of about 70-85% of injected eggs getting fertilized
Larger pregnancy rates For IVF with in contrast to IVF without ICSI due to young and highly fertile females
Success rates for IVF wit ICSI is variable for each patient depending on factors like ICSI technique used ,Procedure Operator’s skill,Laboratory quality,Eggs quality and the knowledge of the infertility specialist physician in embryo transfer etc.
Sometimes ICSI pregnancy and fertilisatio rates are observed as lower in cases when CISI is done for females with low ovarian reserve situation a condition where females produces less no of eggs or low quality eggs or both
Quality of embryos being the dominant factor in IVF success.
Reason being that egg quality is the dominant factor for determining the embryos quality and viability
In order to increase and maximize the pregnancy chances Assisted Hatching is performed on embryos before transfer takes place.