Conventional IVF ‘still reliable’ with single oocyte retrieval
Doctors found a 69% normal fertilisation rate when single oocytes were inseminated with conventional IVF.
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Limited oocyte availability should not dictate the use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), according to Italian doctors, who say conventional IVF is reliable even when a single egg is retrieved.
Their retrospective study found a 69% normal fertilisation rate when single oocytes were inseminated with conventional IVF.