Utilized fertility methods in Infertility Treatment clinic of ACECR, Qom Branch
IVF-ET
In the laboratory, the identified eggs are stripped of surrounding cells and prepared for fertilization. The sperm and the egg are incubated together at a ratio of about 100,000:1 in the culture media for about 18 hours. In most cases, the egg will be fertilized by that time and the fertilized egg will show two pronuclei. Embryos from 2 cells stage to the blastocyst stage can be transferred to a woman’s womb.
GIFT
In gamete intrafallopian transfer, eggs are removed from a woman’s ovaries, and placed in one of the fallopian tubes, along with the man’s sperm. The technique allows fertilization to take place naturally inside the woman’s uterus.
ZIFT
In zygote intrafallopian transfer, eggs are removed from a woman’s ovaries, and in vitro fertilized. The resulting zygote is placed into the fallopian tube by the use of laparoscopy.
MIFT or Rapid ZIFT
In microinjection intrafallopian transfer, ICSI-fertilized eggs are immediately placed into the fallopian tube.
ICSI-Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
After the first baby was born in 1992 due to ISCI, new hopes for cursing male infertility were raised. Other fertilization methods including IVF are not helpful to men having low-quality sperm. So researchers suggest ICSI to such patients.
It can be used in teratozoospermia (sperm with abnormal morphology), or Asthenozoospermia (reduced sperm motility) When the number of motile sperm is lower than 50 percent or less than 20 million sperms per cm2/per 1 cc
ISCI has two other uses: for men void of sperm in their semen whose sperm is in their epididymis as well as those experiencing IVF failure.
AZH-Assisted Zona Hatching
When Zona Pellucida is thick due to old age or genetic reasons, the embryo doesn’t come out of Zona hence no implantation. Here a small hole is made in the zona pellucida, using a laser micromanipulation, thereby facilitating zona hatching to occur so that the probability of fertilization increases.
Embryo Freezing
In every treatment cycle, several embryos are reproduced that are not all to be transferred to the womb. In addition, to prevent twain birth, additional embryos are preserved. Also, it can help us to avoid OHSS (Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome). In this clinic, embryo freezing is done as vitrification.
Oocyte Cryopreservation Egg Freezing
Oocyte cryopreservation is aimed at men without sperm whom there is no way to provide sperm for. Moreover, there are particular groups of women are aimed: those diagnosed with cancer who have not yet begun chemotherapy or radiotherapy; those undergoing treatment with assisted reproductive technologies who do not consider embryo freezing an option; and those who would like to preserve their future ability to have children, because of personal or medical reasons.
Embryo Biopsy-PGD
Biopsy in human embryos used in conjunction with associated diseases (x-lined) and cystic fibrosis.
Being able to remove a blastomere without worrying about the continued growth of the fetus. Embryonic cells are powerful because all 8 to 16, a diagnosis before implantation of the embryo in the uterus, can provide the groundwork for the replacement of normal healthy embryos. A biopsy involves removing the fetus and removing one or more 8-cell blastomeres fetal position to the health examination to determine fetal sex is used. Especially where parents are carriers of diseases related to the fetus. Several chromosomal defects in PGD blastomeres can be identified.
When multiple quality embryos having different sexes are identified, you can request which sex is transferred during the fresh IVF cycle.
Semen Cryopreservation
It is a procedure to preserve sperm cells for patients with Oligospermia (few spermatozoa in semen) or Asthenozoospermia (reduced sperm motility).
Semen can be used successfully indefinitely after cryopreservation; after melting the semen, the sperms are used through the ICSI method.