I want to go for ivf I wanna know the difference between ivf and icsi? Which is most successful and least painful.
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In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a liquid in a laboratory. The fertilised egg (zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2?6 days, and is then transferred to the same or another woman's uterus, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy. IVF was the technique that was developed first and ICSI is a variation of this technique. From the viewpoint of a patient, not much changes with reference to scans, superovulation injections, blood tests, egg collection as well as the actual embryo transfer. The only difference is that which takes place in the lab. In the IVF process, the sperm are left to fertilize the eggs in a Petri dish. ICSI is different in that we give the sperm the boost they require to get into the egg- this is done with the use of a micromanipulator. ICSI, the sperm is carefully deposited into the egg- the embryologist selects a good quality sperm and injects it straight into the egg. This method is used in case: The man has very low sperm count The sperm have low motility or are of an abnormal shape Previous IVF attempts have failed The fertilization rate had been unexpectedly poor Frozen sperm is being used in the treatment Embryo testing is being done.
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