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Current unresolved controversies in micromanipulation-assisted fertilization

Current unresolved controversies in micromanipulation-assisted fertilization Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1992 CONTROVERSIES IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION* Current Unresolved Controversies in Micromanipulation,As sisted Fertilization JON W. GORDON 1 The notion that unification of the sperm and oocyte most rapidly move from this phase of sporadic suc- in vitro might be rendered more efficient and con- cess to more consistent procedure with prognostic trollable by use of micromanipulation is certainly not parameters that both doctors and patients can rely a new one (1). Micromanipulation-assisted fertiliza- upon? Until such time as MAF procedures are well tion (MAF) has attracted the attention of infertility understood and standardized, how can we best specialists because, if perfected, it would reduce help patients who must decide whether to embark the number of sperm required for conception from on a costly and invasive IVF cycle using compro- many millions to a single cell, an advance which mised sperm of the male partner, or whether to use would extend infertility treatment to a large number donor sperm in what is likely to be a far simpler of patients for whom there is currently no known approach toward establishment of a pregnancy? In remedy. Two procedures are presently undergoing an http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics Springer Journals

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Medicine & Public Health; Gynecology; Reproductive Medicine; Human Genetics
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Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1992 CONTROVERSIES IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION* Current Unresolved Controversies in Micromanipulation,As sisted Fertilization JON W. GORDON 1 The notion that unification of the sperm and oocyte most rapidly move from this phase of sporadic suc- in vitro might be rendered more efficient and con- cess to more consistent procedure with prognostic trollable by use of micromanipulation is certainly not parameters that both doctors and patients can rely a new one (1). Micromanipulation-assisted fertiliza- upon? Until such time as MAF procedures are well tion (MAF) has attracted the attention of infertility understood and standardized, how can we best specialists because, if perfected, it would reduce help patients who must decide whether to embark the number of sperm required for conception from on a costly and invasive IVF cycle using compro- many millions to a single cell, an advance which mised sperm of the male partner, or whether to use would extend infertility treatment to a large number donor sperm in what is likely to be a far simpler of patients for whom there is currently no known approach toward establishment of a pregnancy? In remedy. Two procedures are presently undergoing an

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