AS the rising problem of male-factor infertility
is being effectively tackled with a
technologically advanced approach called Intra-
Cytosplasmic Morphologically-Selected Sperm
Injection, IMSI, Nigerian couples with such
challenge have been urged to take advantage of the technique. IMSI enables direct selection of good sperms
from the man and then injecting into the
woman’s egg to successfully achieve
pregnancy. It is a build up on a previously existing
treatment for male-factor infertility treatment
procedure called Intra-Cytosplasmic Sperm
Injection, ICSI.
Making the call last week,Medical; Director,
Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, Dr. Abayomi
Ajayi, said couples who may have been
experiencing failed assisted reproduction
conceptions or recurrent miscarriages, may
need to be investigated for the problem of male-factor infertility. “When we compared the sperm parameters of
men who presented 10 years ago in our clinic
with parameters of those who are presenting
now, we found that there is about a 30 percent
decline in the sperm count of those presenting
now,” Ajayi stated. Noting that although the observation was
based strictly on patients attending the clinic
and not the whole community, he hoever
noted: “We are seeing more male issues than
what we saw 10 years ago. The sperm
parameters are becoming worse, and therefore it is necessary to bring it to the front burner
and we cannot talk about it without talking
about technology, because we know there is no
drug right now that solves the problem of
deranged sperm count or bad sperm
parameters.” Arguing that IMSI is someting we need to talk
about, Ajayi stated: “From our findings, IMSI
has increased pregnancy rates in people with
previous failures in ICSI, and we also saw there
were less abortion rates. IMSI is only indicated
when there is less than two million sperm count and motility less than 5 percent. “First, sperm count is low, then there is higher
incidence of genetically deformed sperms.
Much of the problems with bad sperm is
genetic, and they can burn out,”he noted. Nordica Fertility Centre pioneered the
technique in West Africa, and says IMSI doubles
the chances of men with abnormally low sperm
count and poor sperm motility. It was gathered
series of pregnancies have already been
successfully achieved through the pioneering initiative.
is being effectively tackled with a
technologically advanced approach called Intra-
Cytosplasmic Morphologically-Selected Sperm
Injection, IMSI, Nigerian couples with such
challenge have been urged to take advantage of the technique. IMSI enables direct selection of good sperms
from the man and then injecting into the
woman’s egg to successfully achieve
pregnancy. It is a build up on a previously existing
treatment for male-factor infertility treatment
procedure called Intra-Cytosplasmic Sperm
Injection, ICSI.
Making the call last week,Medical; Director,
Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos, Dr. Abayomi
Ajayi, said couples who may have been
experiencing failed assisted reproduction
conceptions or recurrent miscarriages, may
need to be investigated for the problem of male-factor infertility. “When we compared the sperm parameters of
men who presented 10 years ago in our clinic
with parameters of those who are presenting
now, we found that there is about a 30 percent
decline in the sperm count of those presenting
now,” Ajayi stated. Noting that although the observation was
based strictly on patients attending the clinic
and not the whole community, he hoever
noted: “We are seeing more male issues than
what we saw 10 years ago. The sperm
parameters are becoming worse, and therefore it is necessary to bring it to the front burner
and we cannot talk about it without talking
about technology, because we know there is no
drug right now that solves the problem of
deranged sperm count or bad sperm
parameters.” Arguing that IMSI is someting we need to talk
about, Ajayi stated: “From our findings, IMSI
has increased pregnancy rates in people with
previous failures in ICSI, and we also saw there
were less abortion rates. IMSI is only indicated
when there is less than two million sperm count and motility less than 5 percent. “First, sperm count is low, then there is higher
incidence of genetically deformed sperms.
Much of the problems with bad sperm is
genetic, and they can burn out,”he noted. Nordica Fertility Centre pioneered the
technique in West Africa, and says IMSI doubles
the chances of men with abnormally low sperm
count and poor sperm motility. It was gathered
series of pregnancies have already been
successfully achieved through the pioneering initiative.
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