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 2023 live birth results and the 2023 clinical pregnancy results shown have not yet been validated by the HFEA.
For 2023, 271 treatment cycles using the patients’ own eggs resulted in an embryo transfer. 48.3% of these cycles were ICSI (131/271), 50.6% of these were IVF (137/271). 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 1.1% of cycles in 2023; split cycles are not included in the following table.
| 2023, patients’ own eggs, all ages. | 2023, 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 | 49/137
(35.8%) |
50/154
(32.5%) 49 singletons, 1 twin |
54/137
(39.4%) |
55/154
35.7% 54 singletons, 1 twin |
| ICSI | 42/131
(32.1%) |
43/139
(30.9%) 42 singletons, 1 twin |
48/131
(36.6%) |
49/139
(35.3%) 48 singletons, 1 twins |
IVF & ICSI – HFEA validated
The below table shows the live births per embryo transfer procedure for IVF and ICSI treatment types for all age categories using the patients’ own eggs in 2018. These results have been validated by the HFEA.
| All ages, patients’ own eggs | Live births per embryo transfer | Comments | |
| Clinic results | National average | ||
| IVF | 54/159
(34%) |
33% |
consistent with national average |
| ICSI | 40/130
(31%) |
32% |
consistent with national average |
The below table shows the pregnancies per treatment cycle for IVF and ICSI treatment types for all age categories using the patients’ own eggs in 2019. These results have been validated by the HFEA.
| All ages, patients’ own eggs | Pregnancies per treatment cycle in 2019 | Comments | |
| Clinic results | National average | ||
| IVF | 67/226
(30%) |
27% |
consistent with national average |
| ICSI | 45/114
(39%) |
31% |
consistent with national average |
Page Last Modified: 16th December 2024