As we mentioned in previous article, conventional medicine plays an important role in treating all kinds of disease and most of the time is the first treatment for a couple who for what ever reason cam not conceive after 1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse or can not carry the pregnancy to full term. Artificial insemination is defined as placing sperm of the male partner by using medical advance technological instrument into the female reproductive tract through a method other than sexual intercourse. It is used when the male partner is diagnosed with low sperm count and motility or when a woman is diagnosed with ovulation or cervical mucus problems In this article, we will discuss testicle sperm extraction (TEST) : definition, effects and risks in conventional treatment.
1. Definition
Testicle sperm extraction (TESE) is a medical advance technique which extracts sperm directly from the testicle of the male infertility partner.
2. What is testicle sperm extraction (TESE)
It is only used if the male partner of the infertile couple have absence or blockage of the sperm duct. The procedure takes between 20- 30 minutes, under local anesthesia, the reproductive specialist inserts a needle into the testicle to remove some tissues from the testicle, then each mature egg which have been collected from the female partner is injected with single sperm using ISCI technique. The fertilized eggs are allowed to grow in the lab before placing them into the uterus.
3. Risks
The successful rate of TESE is the same as of ICSI and it also contains the same risks as resulting of poor eggs or low quality of sperm.
a) Birth defect around 1.5% to 3%
b) Miscarriage difficult implantation
c) Chromosome abnormality
1. Definition
Testicle sperm extraction (TESE) is a medical advance technique which extracts sperm directly from the testicle of the male infertility partner.
2. What is testicle sperm extraction (TESE)
It is only used if the male partner of the infertile couple have absence or blockage of the sperm duct. The procedure takes between 20- 30 minutes, under local anesthesia, the reproductive specialist inserts a needle into the testicle to remove some tissues from the testicle, then each mature egg which have been collected from the female partner is injected with single sperm using ISCI technique. The fertilized eggs are allowed to grow in the lab before placing them into the uterus.
3. Risks
The successful rate of TESE is the same as of ICSI and it also contains the same risks as resulting of poor eggs or low quality of sperm.
a) Birth defect around 1.5% to 3%
b) Miscarriage difficult implantation
c) Chromosome abnormality
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