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Human Reproduction, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 2461-2464, 1996
© 1996 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Andrology: Preferences for intracytoplasmic sperm injection versus donor insemination in severe male factor infertility: a preliminary report

L.R. Schover1,3, A.J. Thomas1, K.F. Miller2, T. Falcone2, M. Attaran2 and J. Goldberg2

1Department of Urology The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH 44195, USA 2Department of Gynecology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH 44195, USA

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With the advent of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), our programme noted a drop in the number of couples using donor insemination (DI) for severe male factor infertility. Over the first 8 months in which our infertility programme offered both treatments, 27 consecutive couples scheduled for ICSI and 15 consecutive couples scheduled for DI were evaluated Since all patients in our infertility programme beginning in-vitro fertilization (TVF) with planned ICSI or starting DI undergo a semi-structured psychological interview, the psychologist's clinical notes as well as the medical chart were reviewed and coded retrospectively to determine factors related to a couple's treatment choice. Couples who chose IVF-ICSI over DI had a higher occupational status and included husbands with higher educational levels. Their most common motivation was to have the husband's biological child (93% of couples in the ICSI group). The most common motivation for choosing DI (60% of DI couples) was that IVF was not financially affordable. Choice of treatment was not related to psychological adjustment, the husband having prior biological children, or his risk of passing on a genetic defect to offspring. These preliminary data raise the concern that, with the success of ICSI, DI may change in the USA from being an option dictated by semen quality to a second choice treatment utilized for economic reasons.

Key words: donor insemination/intracytoplasmic sperm injection/motivation/psychological


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