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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

ICSI, a recent revolutionary breakthrough in fertility treatments, is another means of placing sperm and eggs together in the laboratory setting.  In this procedure a single sperm is injected directly into an individual egg retrieved from the woman’s ovaries.  ICSI can result in pregnancy even in the most severe forms of male infertility as long as there are viable sperm available.

ICSI Procedure  from the techs side.Digital recreation of an ICSI Procecdure