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Quality Management of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is assisted reproduction laboratories’ most routine microscopic procedure. It includes a set of equipment and a technique and solves most infertility caused by male factors, such as severe oligospermia, malformed sperm, and sometimes azoospermia. This chapter will provide a comprehensive overview of the ICSI technique and its risks and management during manipulation.

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Li, D., Gao, Y. (2024). Quality Management of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. In: Quality Management in the Assisted Reproduction Laboratory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6659-2_10

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