IVF & ICSI -A Closer Look
The two main treatment types during fertility treatment are IVF and ICSI. IVF and ICSI are advised according to patients’ individual history and investigations.
Please note the 2018 live birth results and the 2019 clinical pregnancy results shown have not yet been validated by the HFEA.
For 2018, 289 treatment cycles using the patients’ own eggs resulted in an embryo transfer.
41.9% of these cycles were ICSI (121/289). Split cycles (where some eggs are used with IVF and others with ICSI), using the patients’ own eggs and resulting in an embryo transfer, accounted for 4.2% of cycles in 2018; split cycles are not included in the following table.
For 2019, 284 treatment cycles using the patients’ own eggs resulted in an embryo transfer. 37.8% of these cycles were ICSI (107/284). Split cycles (where some eggs are used with IVF and others with ICSI), using the patients’ own eggs and resulting in an embryo transfer, accounted for 1.4% of cycles in 2019; split cycles are not included in the following table.
| 2018, patients’ own eggs, all ages. | 2019, patients’ own eggs, all ages. | |||
| Live birth events per embryo transfer | Live births per embryo transferred | Clinical pregnancy events per embryo transfer | Foetal hearts per embryo transferred | |
| IVF | 53/156, 34.0% | 54/188, 28.7%
52 singletons, 1 twin. |
71/173, 41.0% | 74/195, 37.9%
68 singletons, 3 twins. |
| ICSI | 38/121, 31.4% | 38/142, 26.8%
38 singletons. |
49/107, 45.8% | 51/131, 38.9%
47 single, 2 twins. |
IVF & ICSI – HFEA validated
The below table shows the live births per embryo transferred for IVF and ICSI treatment types for all age categories using the patients’ own eggs in 2017. These results have been validated by the HFEA.
| All ages, patients’ own eggs | Live births per embryo transferred | Comments | |
| Clinic results | National average | ||
| IVF | 61/241, 25% | 23% | Consistent with national average |
| ICSI | 37/156, 24% | 22% | Consistent with national average |
Page Last Modified: 20th August 2020