IMSI helps in lowering Miscarriage rate.
Chandigarh: Setting a new precedent for the
rest of the North of Delhi, Sector 66 Mohali situated, The Touch Clinic has
come up with a new microscope machine that will allow infertility specialists
to pick the best of sperms for couples interested in conceiving through
in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). The machine, called the Intra-Cytoplasmic
Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection (IMSI), helps magnify the image of the
sperm 6000-7000 times, thereby allowing doctors to pick the best and healthiest
sperms. The machine is an improvement over the earlier Intracytoplasmic sperm
injection (ICSI) technique, having the magnification capacity of 400 as opposed
to 6000 of the IMSI.
The machine can be a boon to
childless couples, allowing them to conceive through IVF, since sperm selection
is a very important part of this technique. In cases where IVF is necessary,
doctors use a medical microscope attached to a computer to pick better sperms.
Since the procedure of IVF is quite expensive, (Rs 80000- 1, 00,000) couples
will be able to invest in the technique with better hopes of success.
"Normally experts are able to magnify 400 times and pick up and immobilize
the sperm to later make an embryo. However, even though we have a high success
rate, it is not always possible to make out genetically abnormal sperms at that
time in the normal process IMSI helps here," said Dr Preeti Jindal,
Director and Recurrent Miscarriage Specialist, Infertility specialist at The
Touch Clinic, Mohali.
Dr Lakhbir Dhaliwal, who along
with Dr Preeti Jindal played a pivotal role in the introduction of the machine
at the hospital. Dr Jindal said that IMSI is required in severe abnormality of
sperms, repeated IVF and ICSI failures and the higher magnification capacity of
the IMSI technology would allow a much clearer measurement of the dimensions of
the sperm, which will enhance the chances of successful fertilization. She also
added that many studies have indicated that use of IMSI technique in associated
with higher successful pregnancies and lower Miscarriage rate.
Dr Jindal expressed that In any IVF centre, the success rate of
pregnancy is maximum 25-30 percent via normal IVF technique and then if we add
ICSI, it increases by 10 to 12 percent, and we add IMSI it further increases by
10 to 15 percent. It is estimated that when compared to conventional ICSI if we
use IMSI technique then one out of every third sperm which we thought is good
for IVF, would be considered abnormal that means magnifying the sperm 6000
times more guarantees its credibility and helps expert to take best treatment
for its patient.
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