Fertility treatments and procedures
What each fertility treatment is, in the words of named regulators, and which clinics in the directory name it on their own website. These pages describe procedures; they do not publish success rates or prices, and they do not give clinical advice.
Treatments and procedures
- IVF IVF is a treatment in which eggs are collected and fertilised with sperm in a laboratory, and an embryo is then transferred to the womb. In India it is carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 424 listings name it on their own website
- ICSI ICSI is a step within IVF in which an embryologist injects a single sperm directly into each egg, instead of leaving eggs and sperm together in a dish to fertilise on their own. In India it is carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 321 listings name it on their own website
- Sperm selection for ICSI IMSI and PICSI are two ways of choosing which sperm to inject during ICSI: IMSI by looking at sperm under very high magnification, PICSI by picking sperm that bind to hyaluronic acid. Both are optional extras to ICSI, carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 57 listings name it on their own website
- IUI IUI is a treatment in which prepared sperm is placed directly into the womb. It is the one treatment India's ART Rules allow a Level 1 clinic to carry out, so both Level 1 and Level 2 clinics may offer it. 355 listings name it on their own website
- Ovulation induction Ovulation induction is the use of fertility drugs to bring about or regulate ovulation, either as a treatment on its own or as part of IUI or IVF. 130 listings name it on their own website
- Blastocyst culture Blastocyst culture means growing embryos in the laboratory for about five days, to the blastocyst stage, before one is transferred or frozen. It is part of an IVF or ICSI cycle, carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 152 listings name it on their own website
- Fertility preservation Fertility preservation means freezing eggs, sperm, embryos or reproductive tissue now, so they can be used to try for a child later. India's ART Act covers the freezing and storage. 118 listings name it on their own website
- Egg freezing Egg freezing is the collection and freezing of a woman's own eggs so they can be thawed and used in treatment later. The collection is the first half of an IVF cycle, carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 138 listings name it on their own website
- Embryo freezing Embryo freezing is the storage of embryos created in IVF or ICSI so they can be transferred in a later cycle. It is carried out at Level 2 ART clinics, and India's ART Act sets how long they may be kept. 128 listings name it on their own website
- PGT PGT is the testing of embryos created in IVF before one is transferred. The older names PGD and PGS refer to two of its forms, and India's ART Act limits what it may be used for. 152 listings name it on their own website
- Laparoscopy Laparoscopy is keyhole surgery on the abdomen and pelvis, done through small cuts with a camera. 228 listings name it on their own website
- Hysteroscopy Hysteroscopy is a look inside the womb through a thin camera passed through the cervix, sometimes with small growths removed at the same time. 208 listings name it on their own website
- Surgical sperm retrieval Surgical sperm retrieval collects sperm directly from the body when there is none in the semen. This page covers the two needle methods, TESA from the testicle and PESA from the epididymis, both usually done under local anaesthetic, with the sperm used in ICSI. They are carried out at Level 2 ART clinics. 141 listings name it on their own website
- Micro-TESE Micro-TESE is an operation in which a surgeon uses a microscope to find and remove small areas of the testicle where sperm is being made. It is carried out under general anaesthetic, and the sperm is used in ICSI. 35 listings name it on their own website
- Egg donation Egg donation is treatment using eggs from another woman, fertilised in IVF. In India donor eggs may come only from a registered ART bank, and the ART Act sets strict conditions on donors. 54 listings name it on their own website
- Sperm donation Sperm donation is treatment using sperm from a donor, in IUI or IVF. In India donor sperm may come only from a registered ART bank, and the ART Act sets conditions on donors. 25 listings name it on their own website
- Surrogacy Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries and gives birth to a child for an intending couple or woman. In India it is governed by the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021: only altruistic surrogacy is allowed, and commercial surrogacy is prohibited. 112 listings name it on their own website
Diagnostics and testing
- Semen analysis Semen analysis is a laboratory test of a semen sample, used to check for problems with sperm. 129 listings name it on their own website
Services
- Andrology Andrology is the part of fertility care that deals with men: testing sperm, finding the cause when there is little or none, and collecting sperm surgically where needed. 64 listings name it on their own website
Editorial note. Registry details are sourced from the National ART & Surrogacy Registry and corroborated against what the clinic publishes. Opening hours are the clinic's own, cited to its website. Success rates are not published here — read how we rank.
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