IVF/ICSI

In Panama we have an IVF laboratory with state of the art technology as well as a multidiscipline staff, which are trained with the latest technologies available in Reproductive Medicine.  Our patients benefit from our staffs known skills and training, as they place all their full efforts to assist patients in achieving a pregnancy that is so eagerly desired. The original technique dominated by IVF and with this technique the fertilization of the oocyte by the sperm is produce in an artificial method that is the laboratory, but the process of fertilization is total natural as there is on average about 200,000.00 sperm around one oocyte, the one that penetrates naturally and forms an embryo will be transferred to the uterine cavity via different types of catheters.

When sperm quality is poor, or there is an indication from prior testing that the sperm will be poor quality and will not be able to fertilize the oocyte on its own, we proceed with a technique called Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection known as ICSI.  This technique is a direct injection of a single sperm into each egg.  The fertilization rate per egg using ICSI is about 70% despite the sperm being terrible, the fertilization rate per infertile couple is over 99% if the wife has adequate eggs, and the pregnancy rate per treatment cycle is over 50%. This is not significantly different from regular IVF with normal sperm. This technique is very cost-effective, and will give you the same high chance for getting pregnant as any couple with normal sperm.

IVF (in vitro fertilization) is the most common form of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology). If the fallopian tubes are damaged or the sperm is poor, it is obviously the only acceptable treatment. It is also usually the most effective treatment for most other types of infertility as well.  This procedure achieves remarkable pregnancies even in women with hopelessly damaged fallopian tubes, seemingly sterile husbands, and even “unexplained” infertility. Problems with the husband’s sperm are never a serious issue, since we can fertilize the eggs with ICSI. In fact, in our program we routinely use ICSI in all cases to guarantee against any risk of failed fertilization. Our IVF pregnancy rate is over 50% per attempt, regardless of diagnosis, and we accept all of the most difficult cases.