Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 2, 448-453,
February 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
The usefulness of a piezo-micromanipulator in intracytoplasmic sperm injection in humans
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fukushima Medical College, Fukushima, Japan
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has wide clinical application. In order to achieve good results with this method, it is important to restrict the possibility of oocyte injury as much as possible, and securely inject spermatozoa into the ooplasm. For this purpose, we clinically applied piezo-ICSI, which employs a micromanipulator with piezoelectric elements, to humans, and compared the results with those obtained by conventional ICSI. Conventional ICSI and piezo-ICSI were used in 279 cycles and 335 cycles respectively. Piezo-ICSI showed significantly more favourable results, with a survival rate of 88.1% (conventional ICSI: 81.4, P < 0.001), a fertilization rate of 79.4% (conventional ICSI: 66.4%, P < 0.001), and a pregnancy rate of 23.1% (conventional ICSI: 14.9%, P < 0.05). In piezo-ICSI, the needle used is not sharpened and has a flat tip. However, deformation of the oocyte during insertion of the needle is restrained by vibration of the piezo, and the oolemma is punctured readily and securely by the piezo pulse, at the site where the spermatozoon is injected. Piezo-ICSI is a promising new technique for human ICSI that should improve the survival, fertilization and pregnancy rates after ICSI.
Key words: fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection/piezo-micromanipulator/pregnancy
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fukushima Medical College, l Hikarigaoka Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
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