Infertility Procedures
Directed Coitus- Artificial insemination (AI)
- In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Embryo cryopreservation
- Sperm bank
- Egg and ovarian tissue cryopreservation
- Sperm recovery techniques
- Ovum donation
- Embryo donation
- Embryo co-cultivation
- Ovum maturation
- Assisted hatching
- Genetic Studies
Sperm recovery techniques
As a general rule, semen samples are obtained by masturbation. However in cases of aspermia, absence of spermatozoids in the ejaculate, immobile or dead spermatozoids, it is necessary to extract them from the epididymis or testicles.
This sperm recovery technique is a simple surgical intervention not requiring general anaesthesia.
