As possible advantages of the use of the PICSI we could talk about the following:
- It is a complete, accurate and alternative sperm selection method. Complete because the sperm sample to be used for PICSI has already been improved with techniques such as Swim-up or Gradient; precise because the basis of the technique involves molecular components and alternative because it represents a different option to other means of sperm selection.
- It seems to be associated with a reduction in the abortion rate: the different studies state that the use of PICSI does not increase the live birth rate compared to the use of ICSI but reveal that there is a lower abortion rate in the PICSI group. Why is it that if it reduces abortions it is not found in the studies that it increases the live birth rates? Because this decrease in the abortion rate is so low that in studies it has no influence on live birth rates.
- It is an objective and simple method that does not require much experience to develop, unlike ICSI where there is a subjective component in the choice of sperm to microinject.
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Blanca Paraíso
M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.
Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and Ph.D from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Postgraduate Course in Statistics of Health Sciences. Doctor specialized in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Assisted Procreation.
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