What is the aspiration of sperm?
sperm aspiration is considered to be simpler and cheaper than In-Vitro fertilization. The process uses a thin needle to extract sperm from the testicles or epididymis, a small organ near the testicles where the sperm is stored in small tubes. Once a healthy sperm is obtained, it is injected into a female egg in the laboratory to see if the embryo is evolving.
The procedure has been developed in Belgium to treat men who want to open a child but suffer from a low number of sperm or weak sperm unsuitable for in vitro fertilization, which usually requires millions of healthy sperm. Aspirations of sperm can also be successful after vasectomy that plant the tube carrying sperm from the testes. Vas deferens deformities caused by congenital defects, surgery or tissue scar can also prevent sperm supply in sperm.
The only male sperm obtained by aspiration of the sperm can be used in intracyloplazmatic procedures of sperm injection. In alaborage setting, fertility experts injectHealthy sperm into an egg extracted from a woman. If the process is successful, the embryo can be identified within two or three days and is not placed in a woman's uterus. Any other sperm or embryos can be frozen for later use.
Aspirations of fine needle sperm is considered painless and fast, with almost immediate recovery for the patient. This could be used when the surgery of reverse vasectomy is unsuccessful or when one cannot ejaculate due to spine damage. Reversions of vasectomy often fail, especially if they are performed long ago. Sperm quality can also deteriorate over time.
Before scientists developed sperm aspiration techniques, men underwent more expensive operations to remove live sperm from the testicles or vas deferens. These operations usually required a hospital stay and a longer recovery period. Microsurgical aspiration of epididymal semen made on clinicE under the local anesthetist is considered to be the most effective and safest, but the procedure is not available in all regions.
In this procedure, a small cut is carried out in the scrotum and a small microscope allows the surgeon to see tubes containing sperm. The fluid is extracted to measure the number and quality of available sperm. If no or sperm is found dead, another area can be examined.
In the cheaper form of aspiration of sperm, the doctor puts the needle into the pockets of the epididymis and hopes to find live sperm. This is considered a blind search because it is done without a microscope that leads the doctor. Complications may occur during this procedure if the blood vessel is pierced.