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ReviewInternational journal of fertility & sterility2014

Some reflections on intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection.

Thomas Ebner, Omar Shebl, Peter Oppelt, Richard Bernhard Mayer

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Review in International journal of fertility & sterility, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thomas EbnerDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology and Kinderwunsch Zentrum, Landes-Frauen-and Kinderklinik and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
Omar SheblDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology and Kinderwunsch Zentrum, Landes-Frauen-and Kinderklinik and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
Peter OppeltDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology and Kinderwunsch Zentrum, Landes-Frauen-and Kinderklinik and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.
Richard Bernhard MayerDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology and Kinderwunsch Zentrum, Landes-Frauen-and Kinderklinik and Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) allows proper fertilization in most cases of male sub fertility, it is one of the most unphysiological techniques in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Thus, over the last decade, researchers have tried to improve sperm observation with higher-resolution microscopy techniques such as the intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) technique. In order to identify literatures for this review, the PubMed database was searched from 2000 onwards using the terms IMSI, motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and sperm vacuole. Approximately 10 years after the introduction of the MSOME and IMSI procedures, several questions related to the prevalence, origin, location, and clinical consequences of sperm vacuoles have not yet been clarified. It seems that IMSI as a routine application is not state of the art and the only confirmed indications for IMSI are recurrent implantation failure following ICSI and severe male factor.

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PMID25083173
PMCPMC4107682

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