Ultrasound Guided Artificial Insemination

Hospital de Cruces

Overview

The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether using ultrasound guidance during intrauterine insemination (IUI) could increase pregnancy rates.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Insemination

Interventions

recombinant FSHPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * The woman's inclusion criteria in our IUI program were at least one patent tube, normal cavity, basal FSH \< 10 mU/mL and age under 40 years. * IUI with husband's sperm (IUI-H) was indicated when, after sperm preparation, at least 5 million motile spermatozoa were recovered; this was performed in 58 cases (79.45%). * In the remaining 15 cases (20.55%), IUI was performed with donor sperm (IUI-D) either because of azoospermia (n=6) failure to recover spermatozoa during testicular biopsy (n=5) or in women without a male partner (n=4). Exclusion Criteria: * Previous infertility treatments had been carried out.

Locations (1)

Human Reproduction Unit

Cruces-Baracaldo, Basque Country, Spain

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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