OBJECTIVE To verify whether microinjection into retrieved oocytes of motile spermatozoa with morphologically normal nuclei, strictly defined by high power light microscopy (x >6000), improves the IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) pregnancy rate in couples with repeated ICSI failures. DESIGN Comparative prospective study testing routine IVF/ICSI outcome parameters against those of mo...

OBJECTIVE To determine if eating habits, physical activity and BMI can influence assisted reproduction outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study analyzed 436 patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles. Patients answered a questionnaire and regression analysis examined the relationship between lifestyle and BMI with the intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles outcomes. RESUL...

A dichorionic twin pregnancy with complete hydatidiform mole and coexistent fetus is a rare and challenging situation, whose pathogenesis has not been yet fully understood. We present a case of a 39-year-old woman who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection with two embryos transfer. The 12-week gestation ultrasound examination revealed normal fetus and placenta with features of hydatidiform...

background & objectives : the purpose of this study was to compare the success rate of intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles (icsi) between infertile war victims & other infertile couples . materials & methods :this retrospective study was done on 672 infertile couples in kossar fertility & impotence center from 2000-2002. poisson, chi-square & t–test were used to compare the icsi results in ...

Since that historically the first human birth was registered through in vitro fertilization in 1978, the improvement and creation of new assisted reproduction techniques such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection and physiological intracytoplasmic sperm injection have become of great importance nowadays. Louise Brown was the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization in England. Since th...