Information about PICSI and IMSI‏

[Icsi71]

Dear Dr.Gordon,

this is the first time I am writing on this forum (I'm writing from
Italy).
I have a question for you: I know that in Europe, ICSI and PICSI methods
combined with ICSI are commonplace compared to Italy.
Some weeks ago we have undertaken an ICSI in Italy with a negative result. 3 embryos of 8 and 6 cells each didn't implant in the utero. My hubby has poor quality sperm (normal shapes, quantity, speed).
At present we are considering whether to go abroad to try ICSI + other
methods of sperms selection.
We wish to know the percentage of improvement (and how significantly it
is) of ICSI employing PICSI and/or IMSI method or whether there are some data in literature.
Furthermore, why are some centres in Europe currently phasing PICSI method out ? We do not know whether in the U.S. it is happening the same.

I look forward to hearing from you

Best regards

[John Gordon MD]

Honestly I have no experience with PICSI and had to Google it to find out what it was

Good luck

DrG
100infertilityquestions.blogspot.com