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STUDY QUESTION: Does ICSI improve the live birth rate in couples without severe male factor infertility compared to conventional IVF (cIVF)? SUMMARY ANSWER: High-quality evidence showed no benefit of ICSI over cIVF in improving live birth …

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and conventional in vitro fertilization (c-IVF) are widely used fertilization techniques in assisted reproduction, but their relative effectiveness in patients without severe male factor infertility r…

BACKGROUND: In IVF/ICSI treatment, the process of embryo implantation is the success rate-limiting step. Endometrial scratching has been suggested to improve this process, but it is unclear if this procedure increases the chance of implanta…