A 34-year-old member asked:
Do they give u anesthesia during icsi procedure?
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Dr. Chetan Patelanswered
Anesthesiology 37 years experience
Yes : When eggs are retreived from ovaries u get intravenous sedation.
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Dr. Orrin Ailloni-Charasanswered
Anesthesiology 31 years experience
If you are: Referring to the retrieval of sperm from the testes, that is best done with local and deep sedation, or general anesthesia. It can be a long procedure and the local injections painful, so a deeper anesthetic during the injections is recommended.
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Dr. Richard Pollardanswered
Anesthesiology 32 years experience
See below: There is usually a very light anesthesia given during the egg retrieval phase. There is none given for implantation.
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Dr. Mazin Abdullah commented
Fertility Medicine 17 years experience
Just to clarify. Egg retrieval as Dr. Pollard explained is the procedure that is used to extract your eggs (light anesthesia). Embryo transfer is the procedure where embryos are placed back into your womb (no anesthesia). ICSI is a procedure where sperm is injected in the eggs after they are retrieved. This is a procedure involving the sperm and the egg and not the intended mother. (a laboratory procedure)
Apr 8, 2013
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