Christopher Chen Centre For Reproductive Medicine
provides services in the area of women's health (including
the husbands') with special dedication to the management
of infertility and laparoscopic surgery.
We offer infertility
services for men and women.
We have a complete range of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
(ART) for specific infertility
diagnosis. Patients who come to our Centre are given
an individual treatment programme directed by our Fertility
Specialist. We provide solutions for reproductive
problems.
We also offer a complete range of medical services
to maintain gynaecological well-being throughout
the phases of pregnancy.
Andrology - is the medical specialty
that deals with men's fertility, particularly relating
to the problems of the male reproductive system and treatment
of male infertility.
Artificial insemination or
AI is just one of the options that may be considered prior
to attempting more involved treatments, such as IVF. AI
is a relatively simple procedure that involves injecting
a sample of specially treated sperm from the husband into
the wife's reproductive tract.
Assisted Reproductive Technology
(ART) -
ICSI, PESA, TESA, AH, ET
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ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection)
- ICSI is a highly specialized laboratory procedure
developed to help infertile couples due to male
factor infertility where there are abnormalities
in the number, quality, or function of the sperm.
The term 'Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection"
refers to the direct injection of a single sperm
into a mature egg of the female. Today, this is
the method of choice except in cases where the
egg quality of the female is extremely poor.
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PESA (Percutaneous
Epididymal Sperm Aspiration) - This is a non-invasive
method of sperm recovery and has excellent potential
for patients who have had a vasectomy and do not
wish to undergo reversal, or patients who have had
an attempted reversal which has failed. In percutaneous
epididymal sperm aspiration sperm are aspirated
through a fine needle that is placed into the epididymis.
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TESA (Testicular
Sperm Aspiration) - This is a surgical sperm
retrieval procedure used in fertility treatment
for men who have no sperm in their ejaculate. The
extraction of sperm is achieved through a fine needle
inserted into the testes. Where this is not successful,
then a microsurgical testicular biopsy is done.
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AH (Assisted
Hatching) - The assisted hatching procedure
involves thinning or making a small hole in the
shell that surrounds the embryo (a protective layer)
to improve implantation rate.
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ET (Embryo
Transfer) - This is the placement of embryos
into the uterus using a fine catheter.
Microsurgery / Minimal Invasive
/
Laparoscopic (Key-Hole) Surgery
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Bilateral Tuboplasty - The surgical repair
of both damaged fallopian tubes to treat infertility.
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Laparoscopic
Varicocoelectomy - Using keyhole surgery to
ligate the varicose veins that drain blood from
the testes to improve sperm quality for men associated
with varicocoeles and poor semen quality.
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Testicular
Biopsy - The removal of small testicular tissue
from men with very poor sperm production and the
isolation of sperm for ICSI.
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Vas Epididymis
Exploration - Exploratory surgery to check for
blockage of sperm flow.
To correct diseases of the
female reproductive organs as well as the correction of
problems causing infertility by laparoscopic and hysteroscopic
surgery
Ultrasonography has proved invaluable for monitoring
pregnancy in a variety of ways, including identification
of foetal anomalies, detection of the baby's position
and placental location and determination of the baby's
sex.
Ultrasonography procedures include:
Assessment and Evaluation
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First trimester
evaluation
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Second and
third trimester anatomical assessment
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Prenatal diagnosis
Screening
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First and
Second trimester Down syndrome screening
