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A FERTILITY CENTRE in Ireland has actually announced the very first reported pregnancy as a result of an innovative sperm extraction technique made to help men along with fertility problems.
Cork Fertility Centre announced yesterday that a woman had come to be pregnant complying with IVF treatment that was brought regarding as result of a micro-TESE operation.
IVF treatment is a procedure in which the fertilisation of eggs happens outside of a woman’s physique – making use of eggs surgically removed from the woman and sperm from a donor.
The micro-TESE (Microsurgical Testicular Sperm Extraction) operation is a complex, advanced sperm retrieval technique used to attempt to identify sperm samples in men that are believed to be infertile.
“I would certainly enjoy to congratulate the Cork group on this – it is an excellent victory for them,” said Declan Keane, the founder of ReproMed Ireland fertility clinic.
This is undoubtedly the very first in Ireland.
TESE
The procedure can easily be used on men that are believed to be suffering from male infertility – in particular Azoospermia.
Male infertility is fairly common – yet according to doctors men are slower in seeking suggestions compared to women.
Azoospermia is a condition where no sperm cells are located in a semen sample – which could be as a result of hormone imbalance or some others medical problem.
In the case of the reported pregnancy, the man had recently had testicular surgery which had damaged his sperm production.
The micro-TESE operation is an invasive procedure that is formed under general anaesthetic.
Using a high-powered microscope, a targeted dissection is carried from tubes within the testicle that are much more most likely to contain sperm.
Healthy tissue samples are taken throughout the procedure, and are examined in a laboratory to notice if they contain viable sperm.
If sperm is identified, it is after that frozen for later usage in IVF treatment.
(File Photo) A microscope used in IVF treatment. Source: Shutterstock/Elena Pavlovich
There is regarding a 50% opportunity of effectively determining Healthy and balanced sperm though the procedure.
“This is a landmark pregnancy and fairly good news about the treatment of male infertility and in particular azoospermia,” said Dr Ivor Cullen, that performed the procedure at his method in University Hospital Waterford.
The procedure has actually been performed in Ireland for regarding the past 12 months.
‘Welcome the news’
Helen Brown, co-founder and chairperson of the National Infertility Assist and Article Group (NISIG), said that the news of the pregnancy was “fairly welcome”.
“We would certainly fairly a lot welcome this news,” said Brown.
“It can easily be fairly devastating for a man to hear that he has actually no sperm.
So something enjoy this advanced procedure is fairly welcome.
The routine TESE operation has actually been performed in ireland for over a decade – and includes taking a sample of tissue from the testicles to examine for viable sperm.
Declan Keane likens it to having 15 rubber ducks in large swimming pool – and indiscriminately removing water from the pool attempting to catch the ducks.
With micro-TESE the procedure can easily be more targeted and specifically concentrate on spots much more most likely to contain sperm.
“The group at Cork Fertility Centre is pleased for this couple and would certainly enjoy to extend our congratulations,” said Dr Tim Dineen, head of laboratory solutions at Cork Fertility Centre.
Declan Keane said that the successful pregnancy would certainly hearten much more couples that damaged by infertility problems
“It is a challenging procedure,” he said.
This will certainly hearten individuals and prove that the treatment can easily be efficient in the ideal hands.
Read: Struggling to conceive? State funding could quickly cover the expenditure of fertility treatments
Read: ‘Where there’s one sperm there’s a way’: Male infertility is common yet treatable
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