The IVF treatment
This treatment requires hormonal stimulation to obtain several eggs, which are retrieved by ovarian puncture. They are then fertilised in the laboratory and implanted into the uterus. The aim of this procedure is to obtain embryos of good quality in order to increase the chances of pregnancy. In vitro fertilisation is suitable for treating male and female infertility.
In vitro fertilisation techniques
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection In IVF with ICSI, the embryologist selects the spermatozoon and fertilises the egg by means of microinjection. This fertilisation technique is used when the sperm sample is of low quality. Occasionally, when there is a considerable number of good quality eggs, embryologists use both fertilisation techniques simultaneously: Half of the eggs are fertilised by conventional IVF and the other half by ICSI.