{"id":8808,"date":"2019-08-27T09:38:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T08:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinderwunschaerztin.de\/leistungen\/uncategorized\/ivf-icsi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T13:47:14","slug":"ivf-icsi","status":"publish","type":"leistungen","link":"https:\/\/kinderwunschaerztin.de\/en\/services\/treatments\/ivf-icsi\/","title":{"rendered":"IVF \/ ICSI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is IVF?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IVF stands for in-vit\u00adro fer\u00adtil\u00adiza\u00adtion and means that fer\u00adtil\u00adiza\u00adtion takes place out\u00adside the body. Eggs and sperm meet in a cul\u00adture dish, where the sperm pen\u00ade\u00adtrates the egg inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly. Over the fol\u00adlow\u00ading days, an embryo devel\u00adops, which is then placed into the uter\u00adine cav\u00adi\u00adty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is ICSI?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In ICSI (intra\u00adcy\u00adto\u00adplas\u00admic sperm injec\u00adtion), a sin\u00adgle select\u00aded sperm is inject\u00aded direct\u00adly into the egg using a fine micropipette. This method is used par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly when sperm qual\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> is sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly lim\u00adit\u00aded or if no or only a few eggs were fer\u00adtil\u00adized dur\u00ading a pre\u00advi\u00adous IVF attempt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IVF and ICSI thus dif\u00adfer in the type of fer\u00adtil\u00adiza\u00adtion in the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. The hor\u00admon\u00adal stim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/a>, egg retrieval, and fur\u00adther treat\u00adment are basi\u00adcal\u00adly iden\u00adti\u00adcal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dif\u00adfer\u00adent forms of IVF treat\u00adment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Var\u00adi\u00adous options for egg mat\u00adu\u00adra\u00adtion and hor\u00admon\u00adal stim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion are avail\u00adable for IVF or ICSI treat\u00adment. Which form is best suit\u00aded depends, among oth\u00ader things, on age and ovar\u00adi\u00adan reserve<\/a>, pre\u00advi\u00adous treat\u00adments, pos\u00adsi\u00adble con\u00adtraindi\u00adca\u00adtions, and your per\u00adson\u00adal pref\u00ader\u00adences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n