Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) involves the injection of a single sperm into the cytoplasm of an egg under microscope. This is one technique that fertilization of the egg can be achieved in the laboratory.

lndications:

1. Male factor including oligospermia (low sperm density), asthenospermia (low sperm motility), teratospermia (high proportion of morphologically abnormal sperm) or any combination of these, azoospermia (complete absence of sperm in the semen)
2. Previous fertilization failure or low fertilization rate
3. Cryopreserved eggs or in vitro maturation (IVM) eggs
4. Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT) cases