IUI means Intra Uterine Insemination. This procedure relies on the natural ability of sperm to fertilize an egg within the reproductive tract. It is useful in cases where infertility is caused by Cervical Mucus Incompatibility, Elevated ASA, Low Sperm Survival, High Seminal Viscosity, Poor Sperm Morphology, Unexplained Infertility, Impotence or Premature Ejaculation. Read More
In simple terms IVF means fertilization outside the body. After ovarian stimulation, eggs are collected from the women's ovaries and then fertilized by the husband's sperms in a petri dish or a test tube in a controlled laboratory environment. The resulting embryos are deposited into the women's uterus by embryo transfer. If the process is successful, one or more embryos will implant in the lining of the womb and the woman will become pregnant. Read More
ICSI stand for Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection also known as Micro Manipulation. The Approach to male fertility management has changed over the last few years. Patients who had compromised semen samples had to undergo years of medication and surgical manoeuvres and only few patients benefited. Now with advancement of ART techniques, conventional methods of treating male infertility has been replaced by ICSI, a proven and wholly acclaimed scientific procedure. Read More
In Vitro Egg Maturation or IVM - Instead of removing fully mature eggs from the ovaries and then fertilizing them,IVF Specialists remove immature eggs, ripen them in a lab dish, then add sperm. Rest of the procedure is same as IVF, time required for stimulation is reduced greatly. This may be particularly useful for women who suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal disorder that disrupts ovulation. Read More
A new technique has recently been developed within the in vitro fertilization (IVF) field. A new microscope that will allow infertility specialists to pick the best sperm while carrying out the specialized test-tube baby procedure of ICSI. The IMSI method was first developed in 2004 by a team led by Benjamin Bartoov, of Barilan University in Israel, who used IMSI to select those sperms with a shape and size that indicated good genetic quality. The pregnancy rate in patients jumped from 30 % to 66 %. Read More
Time-lapse technology basically involves as a series of 5000 or more snapshot images, which are then fast forwarded to provide a video-sequence of the embryos developing. You may have seen this on natural history programmes where it is used to show a plant growing of flower blossoming. Read More
Significant improvement in pregnancy rate is achieved through laser assisted hatching. It benefits patients with failed IVF cycles, patients over the age of 38, and who have previous poor implantation results.
Assisted zona hatching in the ART laboratory consists of creating a hole in the zona pellucida (embryo covering) to facilitate the hatching process. Indications/criteria for AZH include those patients with the following characteristics: Read More