Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) isĀ an infertility treatment. It involves injecting live sperm into a person’s eggs in a laboratory. This procedure can create an embryo (fertilized egg).
Hormonal medications are administered to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple eggs.
Mature eggs are collected from the ovaries using a minor surgical procedure guided by ultrasound.
A sperm sample is collected from the partner or a donor. The sperm are then processed to isolate the healthiest and most motile sperm.
A single sperm is carefully injected directly into the cytoplasm of each mature egg using a fine needle under a microscope.
The fertilized eggs (embryos) are monitored and cultured in the laboratory for several days to ensure proper development.
One or more healthy embryos are selected and transferred into the woman’s uterus using a simple procedure under ultrasound guidance.
Approximately two weeks after the embryo transfer, a pregnancy test is conducted to determine if the treatment was successful and implantation has occurred.