PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Amarin, Zouhair O.
AU  - Obeidat, Basil R.
AU  - Rouzi, Abdulrahim A.
AU  - Jallad, Mohammad F.
AU  - Khader, Yousef S.
TI  - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection after total conventional in-vitro fertilization failure
DP  - 2005 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 411--415
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/3/411.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/3/411.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2005 Mar 01; 26
AB  - OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the value of delayed intracytoplasmic sperm injection after failure of initial in-vitro fertilization in patients with normal seminology.METHODS: A case series analysis was conducted on 82 couples who underwent delayed intracytoplasmic sperm injection after failure of initial in-vitro fertilization at Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 1995 and January 2001.RESULTS: Seventy-eight couples had 616 unfertilized metaphase II mature oocytes after initial in-vitro fertilization. Second day "rescue" reinsemination by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) resulted in 174 embryos that were suitable for transfer. This resulted in 4 clinical pregnancies (5.1% per started rescue ICSI cycle).CONCLUSION: The limited success rate in this study provides confirmatory data that rescue ICSI is not an efficient adjuvant laboratory procedure.