Conventional IVF ‘still reliable’ with single oocyte retrieval

Doctors found a 69% normal fertilisation rate when single oocytes were inseminated with conventional IVF.

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.