Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MICROINJECTION AND IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) METHODS? WHAT ARE THE SUCCESS RATES WITH THESE TECHNIQUES? IS IVF THE ONLY WAY OF TREATMENT FOR COUPLES THAT CAN NOT HAVE CHILDREN? WHAT IS PROPER PERIOD TO START THE TREATMENT AFTER APPLYING TO THE CENTER? HOW LONG DOES THE TREATMENT TAKE? IS HOSPITALIZATION NECESSARY DURING THE TREATMENT? DO THE SPERMS AND OOCYTES COME FROM THE SAME COUPLE? WITH THESE TREATMENTS ARE THERE ANY RISKS OF HAVING BABIES WITH ANOMALIES? IS THE RISK OF ABORTUS HIGHER IN IVF PREGNANCIES? DOES THE AGE OF THE WOMAN AFFECT THE SUCCESS RATE IN IVF? DOES SUCCESS RATIO IN IVF METHOD DIFFER ACCORDING TO SEASONS?   WHAT CAN BE DONE IF THE NUMBER OF SPERMS IS SCARCE OR WHEN THERE ARE NO SPERM CELLS IN SEMEN ANALYSIS? IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE IF FERTILIZED OOCYTES (EMBRYOS) ARE ABNORMAL OR NOT BEFORE PLACING THEM IN THE UTERUS? ARE THERE ANY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BEFORE PREGNANCY IN TERMS OF GENETIC PROBLEMS? FOR WHOM THE GENETIC STUDIES ARE ADVISED? CAN GENETIC PROBLEMS BE DIAGNOSED AFTER OCCURRENCE OF PREGNANCY? ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS USED? ARE THERE ANY PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON THE EMBRYOS BEFORE RTANSFER? IS IT POSSIBLE TO FREEZE THE EMBRYOS? WHAT IS LASER METHOD? DO YOU USE IT? HOW MANY TIMES CAN IVF BE REPEATED? IS THERE A LIMITATION OF AGE FOR IVF APPLICATIONS? WHAT IS THE COST OF THE APPLICATIONS? HOW CAN I APPLY? IS THE DIAGNOSTIC BIOPSY HARMFUL FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO? HOW IS IT DETERMINED ON WHICH DAY THE EMBRYO WILL BE TRANSFERRED? HOW IS THE DECISION FOR CULTURING THE EMBRYOS TILL THE BLASTOCYST STAGE CAN BE MADE, AND WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF IT? WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO? WHAT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO APPLY FOR INFERTILITY TREATMENT? IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC STUDIES IN MALE INFERTILITY: WILL THERE BE ANY RISKS IF SPERM SAMPLE IS GIVEN AT HOME OR ELSEWHERE? IF SOME OF THE SEMEN IS LOST WHEN GIVING THE SAMPLE, WILL IT BE RISKY IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION? WHY TWO OR MORE SAMPLES ARE REQUIRED SUBSEQUENTLY? WHY DO THE SPERM COUNT AND CHARACTERISTICS DIFFER IN DIFFERENT TIMES? WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CAUSE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF SPERMS IN SEMEN? WHAT IS THE TREATMENT IN CASES OF INFERTILITY DUE TO REDUCED TESTICULAR SPERM PRODUCTION? WHICH TYPE OF ANESTHESIA USED IN SPERM RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES WITH SURGICAL METHODS? FOR HOW LONG THE PATIENT MUST REST AFTER MICRODISSECTION TESE? WHAT IS PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS (PGD) ? WHY PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS IS PERFORMED? FOR WHOM THE GENETIC STUDIES ARE RECOMMENDED? WHAT ARE THE ADVATAGES OF PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS? IS THE PROCEDURE OF TAKING A CELL FROM THE EMBRYO WITH BIOPSY HARMFUL? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT COUPLES WITH NORMAL CHROMOSOMAL ANALYSIS COULD HAVE EMBRYOS WITH GENETIC DISORDERS? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES ON APPEARANCE OF GENETIC DISORDERS? WHO ARE THE PERSONS THAT ARE RISKY IN TERMS OF GENETIC DISORDERS? WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF GENETIC FACTORS ON INFERTILITY? WHAT IS PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS, AND FOR WHICH COUPLES THEY ARE PERFORMED? WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES? WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF TISSUE TYPING IN DISEASES LIKE THALASSEMIA, HEMOPHILIA. ETC.? IS TISSUE TYPING POSSIBLE IN EMBRYOS?