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Conventional IVF Insemination

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Our objective with this chapter is to give a brief overview of the conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure and some of the factors that determine success. The decision-making process of whether to do conventional IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), or split-ICSI is very complex. We present the influencing factors in a manner that allows thorough evaluation of every case, resulting in an educated, well thought through decision of which insemination method to use. We believe it will assist embryologists in deciding which method of fertilization to use in their labs.

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The authors would like to thank the members of Reproductive Biology Associates for valuable intellection contributions during composition of this chapter.

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    Liesl Nel-Themaat PhD, Thomas Elliott BSc, Ching-Chien Chang PhD, Graham Wright BSc & Zsolt Peter Nagy MD, PhD, HCLD (ABB), EMB (ACE) (Scientific and Laboratory Director)

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Nel-Themaat, L., Elliott, T., Chang, CC., Wright, G., Nagy, Z.P. (2012). Conventional IVF Insemination. In: Nagy, Z., Varghese, A., Agarwal, A. (eds) Practical Manual of In Vitro Fertilization. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1780-5_32

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