COVID-19 infection and vaccine have no impact on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome by Soha Albeitawi, Zina M. Al-Alami, Jehan Hamadneh, Hiba Alqam, Hussein Qublan, Maha Al Natsheh

“…Medical records of all patients who had IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Sperm acrosin activity may be a useful factor in choosing between ICSI and IVF for infertile male patients by Ye-Na Hu, Liang Hu, Xin-Yu Yin, Huan Zhang, Yang-Qin Peng, Gang Liu, Ge Lin, Wei-Na Li

“…We analyzed 61 578 male partners in infertile couples who visited the outpatient department of the Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya (Changsha, China) between August 2014 and December 2019 to determine the reference ranges and thresholds for acrosin activity in infertile Chinese men; to determine whether correlations exist between acrosin activity and age, sperm concentration, sperm morphology, or sperm motility; and to evaluate whether acrosin activity could serve as an effective prognostic indicator for choosing between in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in the clinic. The cut-off value for the normal reference range of acrosin activity for male partners in infertile couples was 24.78 μIU per 10[6] sperm. …”
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PROGRAMME OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION IN MARIBOR OVER THE PERIOD 1998–2002 by Veljko Vlaisavljević, Vida Gavrić Lovrec, Milan Reljič, Vilma Kovač, Borut Kovačič, Mojca Čižek Sajko

“…Three different methods of ART (in vitro fertilization – IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection with ejaculated sperm – ICSI and testicular sperm TESA/TESE) were compared. …”
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Exploring the Developmental Potential of Human Germinal Vesicle Oocytes Aiming at Fertility Preservation: Can We Increase the Yields of Competent Oocytes through IVM Combined with... by Xia Hao, Jessie Phoon, Lina Barbunopulos, Mona Sheikhi, Arturo Reyes Palomares, Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg

“…After randomization, oocytes were assigned to undergo rIVM and thereafter vitrification or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), or to undergo direct vitrification-warming and thereafter rIVM and ICSI. …”
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Endometriosis and IVF treatment outcomes: unpacking the process by Edgardo Somigliana, Letizia Li Piani, Alessio Paffoni, Noemi Salmeri, Michele Orsi, Laura Benaglia, Paolo Vercellini, Paola Vigano’

“…Fertilization rates are similar, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is not justified. Embryonic development is uncompromised, with no increase in aneuploidy rate; 3) endometrial receptivity is either unaffected or only slightly impacted. …”
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Significant decrease of maternal mitochondria carryover using optimized spindle-chromosomal complex transfer. by Xiaoyu Liao, Wenzhi Li, Kaibo Lin, Wei Jin, Shaozhen Zhang, Yao Wang, Meng Ma, Yating Xie, Weina Yu, Zhiguang Yan, Hongyuan Gao, Leiwen Zhao, Jiqiang Si, Yun Wang, Jiaying Lin, Chen Chen, Li Chen, Yanping Kuang, Qifeng Lyu

“…Meanwhile, we optimized the manipulation order between intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and SCC transfer and concluded that ICSI-then-transfer was conducive to avoid premature activation of reconstructed oocytes in favor of normal fertilization. …”
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Debate: Are We Limiting the Potential of Oocytes by Not Using ICSI for All? - ICSI for Some by Robert NORMAN

“…Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was invented nearly thirty years ago and the first pregnancies in Australia were obtained at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the University of Adelaide’s Reproductive Medicine Program. …”
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Effect of method and media type for in vitro fertilization on equine (Equus ferus caballus) embryo development by Aryan Hussam, Mardenli Omar, Groza Ioan, Bogdan Liviu

“…Demonstrating the role of in vitro fertilization in the equine family, the current study aimed to monitor the rates of equine in vitro-fertilized and cleaved oocytes based on microdroplet and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) methods. The fertilization process was carried out in four main media consisting of Tyrod’s albumin lactate pyruvate and TCM-199 (1:1): F (TCM-199); assigned for the ICSI method, FI (contained 0.01 mg/ml heparin + 0.01 ng/ml hypotaurine), FII (contained 0.3 mg/ml calcium chloride + 0.1 mg/ml magnesium chloride) and FIII (contained 0.05 mg/ml hypotaurine-epinephrine). …”
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High Serum FSH is Associated with Brown Oocyte Formation and a Lower Pregnacy Rate in Human IVF Parctice by Hongyi Xu, Kai Deng, Qingbing Luo, Juan Chen, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Honglu Diao, Changjun Zhang

“…Clinical characteristics, gonadotropin (Gn) days, Gn dosage, serum hormone levels on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) injection, ZP thickness (ZPT) of the eggs, fertilization rate, rescue intracytoplasmic sperm injection (rICSI) rate, good-quality embryo rate and pregnancy rate were compared between the two groups. …”
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#319 : Blastocyst Formation Prediction Based on Deep Learning Model from 3-Day Embryo Images in Time-Lapse Incubator Using Data Augmentation by Sangho Lee, Kyoung Hee Choi, Sohyun Hwang, Jihyang Kim

“…Method: A total of 200 embryo images were collected at 72 hours after ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection), with 100 forming blastocysts and 100 failing to do so. …”
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Influence of in vitro maturation system of swine oocytes on embryo obtaining thru ICSI tecnique by Iulian Roman, Vasile Miclea, Marius Zăhan, Paul Tăpăloagă, Andrea Hettig, Ileana Miclea, Alexandru Rusu, Florin Ghiuru

“…An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of Folligon and Corulon (hormons) supplemention during IVM on porcine oocyte maturation and subsequent fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection , clevage and embryo development. …”
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Endometriosis Lowers the Cumulative Live Birth Rates in IVF by Decreasing the Number of Embryos but Not Their Quality by Lisa Boucret, Pierre-Emmanuel Bouet, Jérémie Riou, Guillaume Legendre, Léa Delbos, Hady El Hachem, Philippe Descamps, Pascal Reynier, Pascale May-Panloup

“…A total of 1124 cycles with intracytoplasmic sperm injection were retrospectively evaluated, including 155 cycles with endometriosis and 969 cycles without endometriosis. …”
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Performing a sperm DNA fragmentation test in addition to semen examination based on the WHO criteria can be a more accurate diagnosis of IVF outcomes by Tsuyoshi Okubo, Noriyuki Onda, Teruaki Hayashi, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Kenji Omi, Tomoya Segawa

“…Conclusions High DFI (≥ 30%) caused a low blastocyst development rate following intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Male infertility due to DFI should be suspected when IVF results are poor despite normal semen findings based on the WHO criteria. …”
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Influence of nodular and severe forms of diffuse adenomyosis on reproductive function: a review of reproductive outcomes of surgical interventions and IVF by K. Yu. Krylov, N. N. Rukhliada, E. I. Biryukova, L. S. Tsechoeva, S. V. Vinnikova

“…Different studies of women populations after in vitro fertilization and/or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) and after surgical treatment of  deep adenomyosis have shown that adenomyosis in both cases has a negative effect on the reproductive outcome, although there are significant differences in these populations. …”
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Can Vitamin D Supplemental Therapy improve the Disturbed Follicular Fluid Milieu and affect the Outcome of ICSI? by Ahmed M.E. Ossman, Mohamed H. Fouda, Mona K. Omar *

“…Objectives: Determination of the effect of VD supplemental therapy (VD-ST) on the ovarian follicular fluid (FF) milieu in infertile women undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Patients and Methods: 103 infertile women were evaluated clinically and gave blood samples for estimation of serum and FF levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OH-VD), and FF levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and total antioxidant capacity and underwent a cycle of ICSI using the antagonist protocol before and after receiving 3-month VD-ST. …”
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Is there a relationship between assisted reproductive technology and maternal outcomes? A systematic review of cohort studies by Fatemeh Heshmatnia, Maryam Jafari, Leila Bozorgian, Parvin Yadollahi, Zohre Khalajinia, Marzieh Azizi

“…After screening abstracts and full-text reviews, 19 studies assessing the singleton pregnancy-related complications of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection were included in the study. The results demonstrated that singleton pregnancies conceived through ART had higher risks of pregnancy-related complications and adverse maternal outcomes, such as vaginal bleeding, cesarean section, hypertension induced by pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, placenta previa, and premature membrane rupture than those conceived naturally. …”
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Oocyte Penetration Speed Optimization Based on Intracellular Strain by Yaowei Liu, Maosheng Cui, Yidi Zhang, Xiangfei Zhao, Mingzhu Sun, Xin Zhao

“…Oocyte penetration is an essential step for many biological technologies, such as animal cloning, embryo microinjection, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Although the success rate of robotic cell penetration is very high now, the development potential of oocytes after penetration has not been significantly improved compared with manual operation. …”
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Egg Development After In Vitro Insemination in Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) by Yoshinobu Ichikawa, Shusei Mizushima, Noritaka Hirohashi, Tomohiro Sasanami

“…We previously successfully produced Japanese quail chicks using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), whereas in vitro insemination was not successful. …”
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The psychosocial impact of male infertility on men undergoing ICSI treatment: a qualitative study by Carmen E. J. de Vries, Esther M. Veerman-Verweij, Agnes van den Hoogen, Janneke M. de Man-van Ginkel, Henriëtta D. L. Ockhuijsen

“…Severe forms of male infertility are best treated with Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). The psychosocial impact of infertility and ICSI on men is unclear because the focus is socially, clinically, and scientifically on women. …”
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Novel modified criteria for sperm morphology in oocyte insemination could reduce ICSI rates without affecting IVF outcomes by Tseng-Kai Lin, Leng-Lai Chan, Tsung-Hsuan Lai, Hsiao-Ching Lo

“…Objective: To evaluate the IVF outcomes of conventional insemination for less severe teratozoospermia (LST) patients (sperm morphology >2% and <4% normal forms and total motile sperm count ≥10 × 106) and normal sperm patients defined by WHO criteria 2010 in the interest of reducing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) rate in IVF. Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, a total of 330 patients were recruited in the conventional IVF insemination. …”
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