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Human Reproduction, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 732-736, 1996
© 1996 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Intrauterine insemination: evaluation of the results according to the woman's age, sperm quality, total sperm count per insemination and life table analysis

Aldo Campana1, Denny Sakkas, Anne Stalberg, Patrizia Grace Bianchi, Isabelle Comte, Thierry Pache and Dilys Walker

Clinic of Infertility and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Cantonal University of Geneva 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

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We report on 332 infertile couples who underwent 1115 cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI) with washed husband's semen. The indication for IUI was an abnormal post-coital test due to either a male or cervical infertility factor. The mean number of IUI cycles per patient was 3.4, the overall pregnancy rate 18, 7%, and the pregnancy rate per cycle 5.6%. The cumulative pregnancy rate calculated by life table analysis showed that 16.0% of pregnancies occurred in the first three treatment cycles, while the cumulative pregnancy rate was 26.9% by the sixth cycle. The outcome of the therapy was adversely affected if the woman's age was >39 years and/or total motile sperm count per insemination was <1X106. No pregnancy occurred in women older than 44 years or in cases with a total motile sperm count before semen preparation of <1X106.

Key words: age factors/infertility/intrauterine insemination/male factor/sperm count


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