ICSI – there is a risk of birth defects but it’s small says ESHRE
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — July 1, 2002 — The absolute risk of having a baby with a serious congenital malformation or chromosomal abnormality as a result of using ICSI* is small, Dr Ulla-Britt Wennerholm told a news briefing today (Monday 1 July) at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Vienna.
“Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has made conception possible for many couples with male factor infertility and a previously bad prognosis, but, as for all other reproductive technologies ICSI must be safe as well as effective,” she said.
Concern at findings this year in an Australian study of ICSI prompted ESHRE to examine the totality of the evidence. Dr Wennerholm and her colleague Professor Christina Bergh, both from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Institute for Health of Women and Children in Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Göteborg, Sweden, carried out the review.
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