Getting Pregnant

The ICSI fertility treatment is especially helpful in reproductive medicine, making fatherhood possible for men with sperm disorders. If a sperm fails to fertilize the egg naturally or during IVF, this is usually because the sperm fails to penetrate the egg's outer and inner membrane.

Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is the injection of a single sperm directly into the cytoplasm of the egg.

There is no "standard of care" in this field of medicine regarding which cases should have the ICSI procedure and which should not. Some clinics use it only for severe male factor infertility, and some use it on every case.