The main particularity of ICSI occurs when egg insemination to allow the ovum and the sperm to fuse is done. To that end, an egg is held with a needle called holding so that the sperm is injected into it by microinjection.
Once the sperm cell is inside the oocyte, the needle is carefully removed to avoid causing any damage to the egg cell.
Then, the egg is left in culture for fertilization to hopefully occur, giving therefore rise to a new being.
Read the full article on: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: What is ICSI and how much is it? ( 29).
By Aitziber Domingo Bilbao B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Gustavo Daniel Carti M.D. (gynecologist), Joel G. Brasch M.D. (gynecologist), Marta Barranquero Gómez B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Miguel Dolz Arroyo M.D., Ph.D. (gynecologist), Rebeca Reus BSc, MSc (embryologist), Silvia Azaña Gutiérrez B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist), Susana Cortés Gallego B.Sc., Ph.D. (senior embryologist), Zaira Salvador B.Sc., M.Sc. (embryologist) and Michelle Lorraine Embleton B.Sc. Ph.D. (biochemist).
Last Update: 04/24/2018