ICSI

Is ICSI Safe?

Many of the newfangled fertility procedures and treatments, including IVF and ICSI involve stimulating the ovaries. In ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a complication that has the potential for grave danger, the ovaries enlarge and in the worst scenarios may bring on...

Infertility Hand-Me-Downs

Almost 2 decades ago, a fertility technique known as intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) changed the face of male infertility treatment forever. Sperm and egg found themselves introduced to each other in a novel method. The sperm...

ICSI Children As Guinea Pigs?

A Belgian study published back in 2000 in Fertility and Sterility discovered that around 1 in 100 women candidates for ICSI and IVF had chromosomal defects. This rate is 7 times that of the general population. A second study...

Getting Pregnant and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

One assisted reproductive technology (ART) option that is also being used for couples having difficulty getting pregnant is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This ART procedure can be effective in treating infertility, specifically male infertility, and as...

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