What are ICSI Success Rates?

ICSI stands for intracytoplasmic sperm injection; it is an alternative for assistive reproduction. The effective method is used for those who are suffering from infertility symptoms. ICSI is used in the IVF partner. In the normal IVF process, woman’s egg is placed with millions of sperms in lab dish. After fertilization, ICSI is done to transfer the zygote in woman uterus. The trained professionals inject healthy sperm in the woman uterus to fertilise the egg.

There are ample of reasons for undergoing ICSI fertility treatment. In severe male infertility situation, this process is done among others including:

1. Oligospermia is the condition when male has low sperm count
2. Asthenozoospermia is the disease in which male sperm movement is very slow.
3. Teratozoospermia, when sperm has a weird shape.
   

Sometimes, men face pain during ejaculation, however, keep on producing sperm, this is known as testicular retrieval. If sperm retrieval is needed by the TESE process, then ICSO is going to be taken into use. ICSO is also needed if sperm is going to be retrieved from man’s urine.

Roughly 80% of the ICSI procedures are able to fertilize the egg successfully. From now, you have to observe the chances of fertilization by placing the egg into woman’s uterus for further development and growth of zygote. This procedure is also known as IVF. Only 30% of IVF treatments result in 100% successful delivery of child. So, if you are planning to undergo ICSI fertility treatment, the chances of successful delivery of the child is only 30%.

ICSI and IVF are similar procedures and they both are done in the same laboratory. Before starting the process, doctors prescribe drugs to stimulate the ovaries and extraction for egg from the follicle. Once the extraction of egg is done accurately, a male sperm is extracted to fertilize the egg. A professional embryologist is called to inject the sperm into egg. After the injection, doctors track the process to know about fertilization stage in the female body.

ICSI fertility treatment is inexpensive as compared to IVF treatment. The price range can be different according to treatment and complications.

Normal pregnancies have 1.5% to 3% chances for birth defects. ICSI fertility treatment may have increased chances of birth defects but they are not considered in the statistics. If you have a male baby boy then the chances of fertility problems are increased due to passage of genetic material.