Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is used for cases where there is extreme infertility of the male. This is also a form of IVF (in vitro fertilization). This is mostly used when several normal IVF procedures have failed. This is done by taking a single sperm and injecting it directly into the egg.
This procedure as we know now that it is done for extreme male infertility which may include conditions like:
- Oligospermia where the sperm count of the male is extremely low so the chances of the sperm meeting the egg are negligible. This makes the fertilization process almost impossible.
- Teratozoospermia where the sperm shape of the sperm is abnormal and is not good for fertilization.
- Asthenozoospermia is another condition that may cause infertility due to the inability of the sperm to swim through the reproductive tract of the female and reach the egg to fertilize it.
- If the eggs do not fertilize even after it is found that there is a good number of eggs and the sperm count also is found to be normal and healthy this method is used to insert the sperm into the egg.
- ICSI is also done when the frozen sperm looks inactive.
- In the case of In Vitro Maturation (IVM), where the egg is taken out of the ovaries just before maturation and the rest of the maturation is done in the lab, ICSI is done.
- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PCD) also requires ICSI to decrease the interference of the sperm cell that is nearby the embryo and give accurate PCD results.
- In cases where sperm is extracted through the TESE technique it is important to use ICSI.
The above cases show that while extreme Male infertility may be the reason to use ICSI there may be a few conditions other than Male infertility that may need ICSI.
The proud feeling of having a baby with the male partner’s sperm is the main reason to go for this technique when the male partner is facing extreme infertility with conditions like low sperm count, low sperm motility or abnormal shape of sperm. Even male partners who have undergone vasectomy can also father a child using this technique, where the sperms are directly extracted from the testicle with the TESE technique and then injected into the egg.
Even though this technique is considered to have a very low chance of any risk, it does come with some risk factors like any other technique. Every technique has its pros and cons, nothing is perfect in this world. Once the sperms are obtained the male partner is free of any risk from the procedure and the technique is also risk-free or the risks are highly negligible. The main know risk factors of the ICSI technique are:
- Embryo damage during the ICSI technique.
- Couples using ICSI and IVF together may face multiple pregnancies or conceiving more than one baby which may cause complications to the mother during pregnancy and also while giving birth.
- In the ICSI technique, there is also a very low but risk of major birth defects in comparison to normal pregnancy.
The above risk factors are arguably the factors that lead to discouraging ICSI with every IVF cycle. It is argued that it should be used only in understandable medical conditions where it is invariably the only treatment.
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