Horwath D, Check J H, Katsoff B, Amui J, Brasile D
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ, USA.
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2007;34(2):109-10.
Failed fertilization with ICSI in women having at least five mature oocytes retrieved is uncommon. The present study evaluated 19 such patients to determine--based on this outcome--what option they would choose next and what the outcome would be.
The study requirements included females age < or = 43 and use of ejaculated sperm.
Five of 19 women (26.3%) had severe oligoasthenozoospermia. Options chosen were 1) donor egg (n = 3), 2) donor embryo (n = 1), 3) donor sperm (n = 1), 4) treatment cessation (n = 3), 5) resuming IVF-ET and ICSI (n = 11). Live deliveries occurred in 1) (n = 2), 2) (n = 1), and 5) (n = 4).
When faced with failed fertilization with ICSI a small majority of women (11/19, 57.9%) chose to still try with their own gametes and some succeeded (36.3%). These data may be helpful in counseling couples who fail fertilization despite IVF with ICSI in making a decision as to their next therapeutic choice.