Eco-IVF
includes ICSI with the IVF program at a cycle cost of $4,950 should your
partner have semen problem.
IVF ICSI Overview
This procedure has revolutionized the treatment of male infertility since
it allows couples to achieve fertilization, even when only a handful of sperm
are available. With IVF ICSI, fertilization is achieved by the laboratory technician.
During routine IVF, by incubating eggs and sperm together, fertilization occurs
on its own. With IVF ICSI, the embryologist surgically inserts one sperm
into each egg. This is done by perforating the membrane of the egg with a
glass pipette, which contains the sperm.
It requires highly developed skills.
Because only one sperm is needed per egg, even very small quantities of
semen will do. This becomes especially important in males with azoospermia
(the complete lack of semen on ejaculation). In such cases, we can offer a
procedure called testicular sperm extraction (TESE), where our urologist extracts
small amounts of semen directly from the testes, which can be used for
ICSI.
In a very high percentage of cases, azoospermic males can achieve
fatherhood. Various testicular extraction procedures are also being performed.
The most frequently used go under the acronyms MESA, PESA and TESE.
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