TY - JOUR
T1 - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Review
AU - Van Steirteghem, Andre
AU - Nagy, Zsolt
AU - Liu, J
AU - Joris, Hubert
AU - Verheyen, Greta
AU - Smitz, Johan
AU - Tournaye, Herman
AU - Liebaers, Ingeborg
AU - Devroey, Paul
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a promising assisted fertilization technique that may benefit women who have not become pregnant by in-vitro fertilization. ICSI and subzonal insemination (SUZI) were used to treat couples who failed fertilization after standard IVF or who could not be accepted for IVF because too few motile spermatozoa were present in the ejaculate. This paper describes the outcome of 750 consecutive cycles of SUZI and ICSI. Different aspects of these novel assisted fertilization procedures are described: patient management, ovarian stimulation, semen evaluation and treatment, oocyte collection and preparation, SUZI and ICSI techniques, assessment of fertilization and embryo cleavage, outcome of embryo transfers and the evolution of the pregnancies.
AB - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a promising assisted fertilization technique that may benefit women who have not become pregnant by in-vitro fertilization. ICSI and subzonal insemination (SUZI) were used to treat couples who failed fertilization after standard IVF or who could not be accepted for IVF because too few motile spermatozoa were present in the ejaculate. This paper describes the outcome of 750 consecutive cycles of SUZI and ICSI. Different aspects of these novel assisted fertilization procedures are described: patient management, ovarian stimulation, semen evaluation and treatment, oocyte collection and preparation, SUZI and ICSI techniques, assessment of fertilization and embryo cleavage, outcome of embryo transfers and the evolution of the pregnancies.
KW - ICSI
KW - IVF
M3 - Article
VL - 8
SP - 85
EP - 93
JO - Bailliere's Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
JF - Bailliere's Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SN - 0950-3552
ER -