Intracytoplasmic injection

Fertility Specialist Richard Marrrs, MD, explains the process of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insemination (ICSI) and how it is used to assist in accomplishing fertilization and conception
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Intracytoplasmic injection

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Intracytoplasmic sperm insemination, commonly called ICSI or ICSI, is a technology that developed in 1992, 1993 and it was an offshoot of IVF work. ICSI is merely a technology whereby we take a single sperm and place it into the human egg to accomplish fertilization. It is used for men who have very severe sperm abnormalities. ICSI is performed used high magnification because the egg is about 1/100 of a millimeter in diameter and the sperm is about 1/1000 of a millimeter in diameter. So we pick up the sperm and pick up the egg and hold it and place the sperm cell into the egg under a robotically controlled system. ICSI has proven to be very beneficial for men who could never have children on their own without this technology.

Fertility Specialist Richard Marrrs, MD, explains the process of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Insemination (ICSI) and how it is used to assist in accomplishing fertilization and conception

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Richard Marrs, MD

Fertility Specialist

Dr. Richard Marrs is a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist. He studied medicine and trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Texas before moving to Southern California to study Reproductive Endocrinology. While at the University of Southern California, he developed one of the country’s first IVF programs, which is responsible for the second IVF birth in the United States and the first birth from cryopreserved embryos in the United States in 1986. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to the development of IVF. He has published over 200 papers and books in the area of Reproductive Endocrinology and In Vitro Fertilization and is a prominent figure in the national and international infertility communities. In 1996, he published a book for couples called the Dr. Richard Marrs' Fertility Book: America's Leading Infertility Expert Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Getting Pregnant.

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