The ICSI Revolution: Overcoming Severe Male Infertility Factors
How Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) enables successful fertilization even in cases of extremely low sperm parameters.
Precision Micro-Injection
Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) revolutionized the treatment of severe male infertility. While conventional IVF requires hundreds of thousands of motile sperm to fertilize an egg in a dish, ICSI requires only a single viable sperm. Using high-powered inverted microscopes and micro-manipulators, our embryologists isolate a single sperm cell and inject it directly into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte.
Indications and Cleavage Success
ICSI is recommended for cases of oligospermia (low count), asthenozoospermia (poor motility), teratozoospermia (abnormal morphology), or prior fertilization failure. Following the injection, fertilizing progress is monitored for cleavage division.
🧠 Key Takeaways
- ✅ Enables fertilization with low counts or poor motility.
- ✅ High success rates for prior conventional IVF failures.
- ✅ Micro-manipulation of individual oocytes under inversion.
- ✅ Recommending sperm morphology mapping prior to selection.
