Sivasundar Hospital | Dr. Sadhana Srithar

Sivasundar Hospital

Adyar-based Sivasunder Hospital is one of the star hospitals in Chennai, India. Their worker skillful doctors and utilization the current technologies in the field to treat several ailments. Dr. P.B. Sadasivam practices at Sivasundar Hospital in Adyar, Chennai. He has realized MBBS, MD-General Medicine and FIAMS. Contact us for any queries. Some of the services provided by this centre are Surgery Theater, Pharmacy, X Ray, Laboratory and ECG.

Dr. Sadhana Srithar

Dr. Sadhana Srithar is a Obstetrician and Gynecologist in Kottivakkam, Chennai and has an experience of 23 years in these fields. Dr. Sadhana Srithar practices at Sakthi Clinic in Kottivakkam, Chennai and Sivasundar Hospital in Adyar, Chennai. She completed MBBS from Madurai Medical College in 1992 and DGO from Indian College of Maternal and Child Health, Kolkata in 1994.

Indigo Womens Center

Their core services include Fertility care (IVF/IUI/ICSI), Laparoscopic Services, Maternity, Weight Loss Programs, Diagnostics and Aesthetics. Indigo Womens Center don’t believe in invasive marketing; we are driven by patient satisfaction which is the single most important faculty for our rapid growth.

Each patient is her own best advocate. Unfortunately, due to the large amounts of misinformation provided online, there is a confusion regarding healthcare delivery and treatments. For this reason alone, we always urge patients to get a second opinion wherever possible. For a free consultation, feel free to Contact Us and one of our doctors will get back to you regarding the treatment options available to you.

Our goal is to educate patients by providing evidence based information on the best treatments available. We have placed quality markers at every level such that healthcare is delivered seamlessly and of the highest quality. We aim to be an experience rather than just another visit to the hospital.

Our Laparoscopic Specialists are board certified, high volume surgeons. Increased surgical volume is important because it develops and maintains expertise in any field of surgery. Our surgeons are pioneers in modulating newer advanced techniques in laparoscopic surgery and have implemented upon innovative procedures to reduce blood loss during surgery, like dual uterine artery ligation technique, inbag morcellation, scarless surgery, etc. For a complete list of all laparoscopic procedures performed at our center, Click here.

Dr. Sarat Battina

Dr. Sarat Battina is the manager of reproductive medical specialty and consultant gynecologist in Chennai at Indigo Womens Center. Having done his graduation and masters from Kurnool medical college, Andhra Pradesh, he had underwent IVF grooming at National University Hospital, Singapore under supervising of Prof. S.S Ratnam and Dr. NG Soon Chye and at King’s college school of medicine, London under Dr. John Parsons. Dr. Sarat is the pioneer of fertility treatment in South India, delivered first GIFT baby of Tamil Nadu in 1989, first IVF twins of South India in 1991and the first IVF baby from frozen semen sample in India. He was in-charge of IVF programme at Apollo hospitals Chennai, since 1989.

What is in vitro fertilization?

IVF involves retrieving Eggs from the woman and fertilized with the husbands semen in a petridish simulating a natural fertilization process.

The IVF process involves

Stimulating growth of multiple eggs
Egg retrieval
Fertilizing the eggs with husband’s sperm
Embryo transfer into the uterus

Who should undergo treatment with IVF?

Blocked or damaged fallopian tubes.
Low sperm count for the husband.
Poor sperm motility.
Several failed IUIs (intra uterine inseminations)

Intra cytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection (IMSI)

IMSI is a process of selecting a morphologically superior sperm using a high powered microscopically enlarged digital imaging system. Studies have shown that using IMSI could increase pregnancy rates and reduce miscarriages. IMSI magnifies the sperm 7000-12000 times the normal size. Males with high levels of DNA fragmentation or high abnormal forms of sperms are good candidates for IMSI.

Embryo Transfer

Embryo transfer is the most important step in the IVF procedure, it requires expertise and good skill. Our Reproductive medicine specialist has over 35 years of experience in treating patients with infertility.We assure you the highest chance of attaining parenthood..

Depending on the age of the patient 1-3 embryos are transferred into the uterus using special catheters. The embryo transfer is performed under ultrasound guidance from our radiologist . This is a completely painless procedure and does not require any anesthesia.

At Indigo Womens Center our consultants have done over 20,000 Embryo Transfers and with their vast experience of over 35 years we can ensure that you will have the highest chances of having a successful pregnancy.

PGD/PGS/FISH

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) involves the removal of a single cell from an embryo (obtained from ICSI/IVF) for genetic testing prior to transfer into the uterus.

The testing of this cell will give us information regarding specific genetic abnormalities which could have a familial inheritance (cystic fibrosis, beta thallasmia, sickle cell disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy,etc.).PGD can be used to screen a large number of monogenic disorders due to a single gene only.PGD is however an adjunct to assisted reproductive technology and requires IVF or ICSI to obtain oocytes.

The world’s first PGD was performed at Hammersmith Hospital in London by Dr. Handyside and Dr. Winston where female embryos were selectively transferred in five couples resulting in two twins and one singleton pregnancy.

Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) involves the removal of a single cell from an embryo to test for the overall chromosomal normalcy in embryos. PGS is not looking for a specific disease, but rather to screen the embryo for normal chromosome copy number. Its most advantageous in screening women of higher age groups (over 37 years of age). The logic behind this is that higher age group women have an increased rate of chromosomally abnormal embryos. Most eggs might be chromosomally abnormal but thankfully only 30-60 % of human embryos have this abnormality transferred.

When are embryos biopsied?

When one of the patents are carriers of some hereditary genetic disease and deicide to visit a genetic specialist. When one or both parents are having their karyotype altered due to presence of a chromosomal abnormality.
Patients with repeated IVF / ICSI failures.
Advanced mother’s age.

What types of cells can be removed for biopsy?

Polar body biopsy:

A mature egg has one polar body and a fertilized egg has two polar bodies. At both stages the polar bodies can be biopsied. This technique does not remove anything from the embryo (cells). The developing potential of the embryo, however could be damaged because there is evidence that such polar bodies may help direct differentiation of cells in the embryo.

Cell biopsy:

On day 3 of embryo development, there are usually 6 – 10 cells within the embryo. At this stage, a portion of the zona pellucida (outer shell of the embryo) is removed either mechanically or with laser and, one or two cells are extracted for the biopsy.The day 3 clevage has been shown to be detrimental to the developing embryo, therefore, these embryos will be discarded.
This biopsy is performed at the blastocyst stage where the trophectoderm is biopsied.
This trophectoderm will later form the placenta. This biopsy shows excellent results and is the method of choice for a biopsy for PGD and PGS.
The sampled embryos will be frozen after the biopsy because results of the embryo transfer would come only after 2 – 3 weeks.

Sperm Donor

Unlike egg donation, sperm donation is more straight forward. A donor sperm is used as the last resort for males with azoospermia where sperm retrieval techniques yielded no sperm

Scenarios where sperm donation is used: