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ArticleJournal of human reproductive sciences

Are we Justified Doing Routine Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection in Nonmale Factor Infertility? A Retrospective Study Comparing Reproductive Outcomes between

Reeta Biliangady, Poornima Kinila, Rubina Pandit, Nutan Kumari Tudu, Uma Maheswari Sundhararaj, Indu S T Gopal, Ambika G Swamy

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Article in Journal of human reproductive sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Reeta BiliangadyDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Poornima KinilaDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Rubina PanditDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Nutan Kumari TuduDepartment of Embryology, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Uma Maheswari SundhararajDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Indu S T GopalDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ambika G SwamyDepartment of Embryology, Cloudnine Fertility, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Cloudnine · INBloom Fertility Centre · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIntracytoplasmic sperm insemination (ICSI) came into use in 1992 to improve fertilization in couples with male factor infertility undergoing

methodsThis is a retrospective single centre study undertaken at a private IVF center. A total of 350 patients with normal male factor were included in the study of which 186 underwent conventional IVF and 134 were subjected to ICSI. They were then compared for various reproductive parameters with Live Birth Rate (LBR) being the primary outcome.

resultsFertilization rates (89.99% vs 85.1%), Blastocyst formation rates (62.86% vs 50.61%) and clinical pregnancy rates (37.85% vs 32.35%) were found to be higher in the IVF group compared to the ICSI group though not statistically significant. The live birth rates in the IVF group was also higher than the ICSI group (32.71% vs 24.26%).

conclusionIVF edged over ICSI in all aspects resulting in better clinical outcome with higher take home babies in non-male factor infertility. Our results show that routine ICSI should not be used as a blanket therapy for all cases in ART.

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ICSIIVFnonmale factor infertility

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