Advantages and disadvantages of ICSI

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Dr. Shilpa Bhandari
MD GynaecologyDM Reproductive Medicine and
Surgery
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Advantages and disadvantages of ICSI
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is used
for cases where there is extreme infertility of
the male. This is also a form of IVF (in vitro
fertilization). This is mostly used when several
normal IVF procedures have failed. This is done
by taking a single sperm and injecting it
directly into the egg. 
This procedure as we know now that it is done for
extreme male infertility which may include
conditions like 

• Oligospermia where the sperm count of the male is
  extremely low so the chances of the sperm meeting
  the egg are negligible. This makes the
  fertilization process almost impossible.
• Teratozoospermia where the sperm shape of the
  sperm is abnormal and is not good for
  fertilization.

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• Asthenozoospermia is another condition that may
  cause infertility due to the inability of the
  sperm to swim through the reproductive tract of
  the female and reach the egg to fertilize it. 
• If the eggs do not fertilize even after it is
  found that there is a good number of eggs and the
  sperm count also is found to be normal and
  healthy this method is used to insert the sperm
  into the egg.
• ICSI is also done when the frozen sperm looks
  inactive.
• In the case of In Vitro Maturation (IVM), where
  the egg is taken out of the ovaries just before
  maturation and the rest of the maturation is done
  in the lab, ICSI is done. 
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PCD) also
  requires ICSI to decrease the interference of the
  sperm cell that is nearby the embryo and give
  accurate PCD results.
• In cases where sperm is extracted through the
  TESE technique it is important to use ICSI.

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The above cases show that while extreme Male
infertility may be the reason to use ICSI there
may be a few conditions other than Male
infertility that may need ICSI.
Now we know why the technique is used have
understood in layman terms how it is done that
seems very simple but it is a highly advanced
method. Even after being a highly advanced
method, it has some disadvantages which we can
also term as the risk factors or the cons of the
technique. Due to this drawback, the technique is
being argued among the medical fraternity for its
use in regular conditions and regularly.
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The proud feeling of having a baby with the male
partners sperm is the main reason to go for this
technique when the male partner is facing extreme
infertility with conditions like low sperm count,
low sperm motility or abnormal shape of sperm.
Even male partners who have undergone vasectomy
can also father a child using this technique,
where the sperms are directly extracted from the
testicle with the TESE technique and then
injected into the egg. 
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Even though this technique is considered to have
a very low chance of any risk, it does come with
some risk factors like any other technique. Every
technique has its pros and cons, nothing is
perfect in this world. Once the sperms are
obtained the male partner is free of any risk
from the procedure and the technique is also
risk-free or the risks are highly negligible. The
main know risk factors of the ICSI technique are

• Embryo damage during the ICSI technique.
• Couples using ICSI and IVF together may face
  multiple pregnancies or conceiving more than one
  baby which may cause complications to the mother
  during pregnancy and also while giving birth. 
• In the ICSI technique, there is also a very low
  but risk of major birth defects in comparison to
  normal pregnancy. 

The above risk factors are arguably the factors
that lead to discouraging ICSI with every IVF
cycle. It is argued that it should be used only
in understandable medical conditions where it is
invariably the only treatment. 
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