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Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Art) : Dr. Herve Lucas, Dr. Taher Elbarbary
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Art) : Dr. Herve Lucas, Dr. Taher Elbarbary
TECHNOLOGIES (ART)
female
26% 39%
Male and female
Male Problems
Indications for ART including artificial inseminations…
Steps of ART
(MESA-TESE)
PATIENT
STIMULATION
Who are the candidates of ART ?
Male Problems
Female Problems.
Male Problems
Cumulus-oocyte complex
Sperm preparation (various techniques for various utilisations, AI,
IVF, ICSI, GIFT…)
• Ejaculate vs freezing-thawed,
• Very poor sperm vs normospermia,
• Ejaculate vs testicular or epididymal,
• Sperm with antisperm-antibodies,
• Retro-ejaculated sperm….
Artificial inseminations (indication : >1M motile spz, tubes OK..)
Who are the candidates of ART ?
Female Problems.
Male Problems
GIFT or
ZIFT or
TET
Day (0): Decoronization of mature
ICSI oocytes before injection (MII)
ICSI Day (0)
Day (0): Catch a single sperm with the injection pipette
ICSI
Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Day (0)
4
2
5
3
Fertilization control…and embryo
development.
Observation of zygotes
Day (1) 16-18 h post-classical IVF
Decoronisation at day 1
Fertilized (number of PN ?)
Living spermatozoa
(motility) at 16-18h
Sperm-ZP binding
Fertilization rate :
Unfertilized (1 polar body)
1 PN zygote : problem of Observation of zygote
oocyte activation ? (spz or
nuclus oocyte origin ?).
Day (1)
Who are the candidates of16-18h
ART post
? IVF or ICSI
3 PN after ICSI : non
extrusion of the second polar Normal fertilization
body… by lesion of meiotic 1
(2PN and 2PB)
spindle ? 2 PB 2
Female Problems.
3 PN after IVF : polyspermia = 1
too many spz inseminated or 2 PN 2
bad quality oocyte because
abnormal cortical granules)
This case: ICSI
This case: IVF
Male Problems
3
1 Scoring of zygotes…
2
3 PN
The same
indication :
good timing
in embryo
development.
A C
B D
Day (4): Morula stage
Who are the candidates of ART ?
Female Problems.
Male Problems
Embryo transfer
What are the risks of ART ?
Risk due to ovarian stimulation ?
Risk due to oocyte retrieval ?
Risk due to embryo transfer ? Multiple pregnancies
ICSI
In women < 35 years without male factor infertility…………………….. 35.7%
In women > 35 years with male factor infertility………………………... 35.1%
In women < 40 years without male factor infertility…………………….. 10.3%
In women > 40 years with male factor infertility………………………... 12.8%
GIFT
In women < 35 years without male factor infertility…………………….. 34.9%
In women > 35 years with male factor infertility………………………... 22.2%
In women > 40 years without male factor infertility…………………….. 09.1%
In women > 40 years with male factor infertility………………………... 11.1%
Female Problems.
1 3
Male Problems
2 4
Assisted
hatching
with
acid
solution…
now with
LASER
: safer
technique!
Our own experience
(Paris + Geneva)
Female Problems.
Male Problems