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Morphokinetic analysis showed higher Day 3 cleavage grading in ICSI embryos (79.80% vs 71.43% IVF), but these advantages did not translate into improved pregnancy outcomes, such as clinical pregnancy rates (33.33% ICSI, 18.6% IVF).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among women without known infertility factors undergoing ART with donor sperm, ICSI did not confer clinical advantages over conventional IVF, despite higher fertilization rates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Given the higher cost, invasiveness, and frequent overuse of ICSI, its application should be reserved for cases with clear indications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/rd25130","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,10]],"date-time":"2026-01-10T19:26:39Z","timestamp":1768073199000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) the solution when there is not any problem; exploring ICSI vs in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in sibling oocytes from donor sperm assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"38","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-3090-8516","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ella","family":"Golbary Kinory","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ATel Aviv Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yael","family":"Kalma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ATel Aviv Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"BRacine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shir","family":"Lavie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CMayanei HaYeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shimi","family":"Barda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DThe Institute for the Study of Fertility, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"EIsrael Academic College, Ramat Gan, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Foad","family":"Azem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ATel Aviv Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"BRacine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"DThe Institute for the Study of Fertility, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noga","family":"Fuchs Weizman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ATel Aviv Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"BRacine IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."},{"name":"DThe Institute for the Study of Fertility, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"67","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,5]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"2026020417312540800_R1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"228","DOI":"10.5935\/1518-0557.20180042","article-title":"Morphology vs morphokinetics: a retrospective comparison of inter-observer and intra-observer agreement between embryologists on blastocysts with known implantation outcome.","volume":"22","author":"Adolfsson","year":"2018","journal-title":"JBRA Assisted Reproduction"},{"key":"2026020417312540800_R2","unstructured":"ADONIS (2024) IVF + ICSI with donor sperm. 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