title: Micromanipulation in assisted reproductive technology.
abstract: Micromanipulation describes a set of tools and techniques for cellular microsurgery and manipulation. Micromanipulation techniques have played an important role in basic research and the development of clinical techniques in assisted reproductive technology. This work provides a review of the development and current practices involving micromanipulation in the human clinical assisted reproduction laboratory.
authors.affiliation: The Fertility Center of the Carolinas, Greenville Health System, 890 W Faris Road, Suite 470, Greenville, SC 29605, USA. Electronic address: hmalter@ghs.org.
authors.forename: Henry E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Malter
mesh_terms: D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011786:Quality Control; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology; D013663:Teaching
keywords: ICSI; embryo biopsy; embryos; micromanipulation; nuclear transfer; oocytes