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Patient Care at Genesis
GENESIS offers comprehensive care for infertile couples. With the variety of treatment options available, many causes of infertility in both males and females can be overcome. Treatment plans range from simple medical therapy to surgery to advanced assisted reproductive technologies. The suggested treatment is always designed to meet the specific needs of each couple.
Clinical Treatment Options
Surgical Procedures
In women, anatomical abnormalities are a common cause of infertility. Rarely congenital, most structural damage to the reproductive organs is acquired and results from previous pelvic surgery, infection or endometriosis. Any of these conditions may cause scarring or closure of the fallopian tubes and thereby block the key passageway for conception.
The diagnosis of anatomical infertility is not always straightforward. Certain aspects of a woman’s history may suggest an anatomical blockage, but seldom is this revealed on physical exam. Most often, the diagnosis is determined on the basis of x-ray (hysterosalpingogram) and/or a laparoscopic evaluation. If confirmed, therapeutic modalities may include a variety of surgical procedures, including operative laparoscopy, operative hysteroscopy or microsurgical reconstruction via laparotomy. Surgical procedures >>
Therapeutic Donor Insemination
Couples whose infertility is due to a significant sperm abnormality in the male sometimes choose to undergo insemination using sperm from an anonymous sperm donor. In therapeutic donor insemination (TDI), the donor's sperm is inseminated into the woman's uterus at the time of ovulation, enabling the woman to conceive. Donor insemination >>
Ovulation Induction
Ovulation, the release of an egg from the ovary, is necessary for conception to occur. Approximately 30-40% of infertile women have ovulatory problems. Often ovulation is induced with the aid of medications. Ovulation induction >>
Artificial Insemination with Husband's Sperm
Artificial insemination is the term used for the placement of sperm in the female reproductive tract by means other than intercourse. Artificial insemination with the husband’s sperm can lead to a pregnancy for many infertile couples. Artificial insemination with husband's sperm >>
Surgical Sperm Removal
A small percentage of men produce no sperm in the ejaculate, a condition known as azoospermia. Specially trained urologists can retrieve sperm from some of these men using microsurgy. Sperm removal >>
Laboratory Treatment Options
Assisted Hatching
Assisted Hatching is a procedure that "thins" the outer coat (zona) of the embryo immediately prior to transfer to the uterus. This thinning helps the embryo "hatch" once it is placed back in the patient's uterus. Hatching must occur prior to embryo implantation; pregnancy begins after the embryo implants in the uterus. Assisted hatching >>
Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
ICSI is a micromanipulation technique performed by an embryologist using very precise instruments and a specialized microscope. A single sperm is selected, isolated and drawn into a micropipette. It is then injected directly through the outer layers of the egg into its core (the cytoplasm). The micropipette is quickly withdrawn and the egg is allowed to fertilize and divide. About ICSI >>
Blastocyst Culture
Blastocyst embryo transfer helps to improve pregnancy rates, as well as reduce the incidence of multiple births. It accomplishes this by growing embryos to a more advanced stage, very similar to the stage in nature when embryos implant in the uterus. Fewer embryos need to be transferred, typically only two or three, which minimizes multiple births. Pregnancy rates are improved because only embryos that have survived to the blastocyst stage of development are transferred. Blastocyst culture >>
Cryopreservation
Embryo crypreservation is an established technique in our IVF program. While the stage at which embryos are frozen may differ from program to program (zygotes, cleaved embryos, blastocysts), the process of saving spare embryos from a stimulated cycle has become routine.
About cryopreservation >>
Laboratory Services
GENESIS maintains three state-of-the-art laboratories with facilities for hormone testing, sperm testing, and embryology. Lab Services >> |
