ICSI Treatment, IUI Treatment

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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection ICSI
TREATMENT
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI,
pronounced eeksee or icksy) is an in vitro
fertilization procedure in which a single sperm
is injected directly into an egg. The technique
was developed by Gianpiero Palermo around 1991
in Brussels. Today it has become the treatment
of choice for men with weak sperms that cannot
travel themselves into the egg. Approximately
40 of fertility in couples can be attributed to
male sub fertility. ICSI has raised hopes of
these couples. This method of treating
predominantly male-factor infertility has been a
breakthrough, and it has established itself as
the preferred method of treatment in the field
of assisted reproduction.
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When can ICSI be performed ?

• ICSI is an amazing procedure that can be
  performed with ejaculated sperms or even with
  
• sperms retrieved from the epidydimis os
  testis! Men with obstruction in their passages
  can
• father a child by using their own sperms that
  have been extracted by a surgeon.
• ICSI can also be offered to patients of previous
  IVF failures due to failed fertilization and
• patients with unexplained infertility. ICSI
  is different from conventional insemination since
  we
• clean away the follicle cells from around the
  eggs and an embryologist chooses the sperm to be
• injected. A small number of eggs do not
  tolerate the injection procedure and you can
  expect
• that about 5 of eggs die as a direct result
  of ICSI. However, fertilization rates, embryo
• quality and pregnancy rates are the same as
  for couples who do not have ICSI.

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How is ICSI performed?

• The process involves the injection of a single
  sperm within the ooplasm of the oocyte.
• Following the first ICSI birth in 1992
  thousands of babies have been born around the
  world.
• Sperms for ICSI can be obtained from
  ejaculate even when only few are present or
  through
• surgical retrieval from epididynis
  (PESA-Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration)
  or testis.
• Microinjection is normally performed under a
  specialized microscope with the aid of a
• micromanipulator which allows small
  movements under high magnification. The
• scientist/embryologist sits on the ICSI
  station, looks either directly into the
  microscope or at a
• monitor that magnifies the image and then
  injects the egg by moving two manipulators that
• look and function like joysticks. He holds
  the oocyte with one hand and injects through the
  
• other.

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Dr. Sonia Malik
My long cherished desire of having a sibling for
my son was fulfilled by Dr. Sonia Malik her
team. Their personalized case and interest for
every individual patient is praise worthy. I am
so grateful to God that there are people like Dr.
Malik around to realize their dreams of patients
like me. So much so, that I have decided to call
my daughter Sonia!
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Services Treatments

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
• IMSI
• Male Infertility
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Clinic

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