Coimbatore :
A 53-year-old woman delivered a girl baby through the capsule test tube baby technology at a hospital in Erode on Thursday morning. Pankajam Velappan, who battled infertility for over two decades, is now an ecstatic mother, said Dr Nirmala Sadasivam, Medical Director, Maaruthi Medical Centre and Hospitals, Erode.
This capsule test tube baby technology was first introduced in USA in 2011 and a year later in India. The advantage of the capsule IVF is that it is far less expensive than test tube baby treatment.
The procedure requires minimal ovulation induction with few hormonal drugs. The procedure involves retrieving of eggs from the woman and fusing it with the prepared sperm.
The prepared material will be placed inside the capsule under ideal aseptic laboratory condition and this is then kept in the woman’s vaginal cavity to promote the culture of the embryos.
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