[Indications and results of artificial insemination with donor semen (AID) (author's transl)]. / Indications et résultats de l'insémination artificielle avec sperme de donneur.

ABSTRACT

Among 1,000 couples requesting for AID at CECOS Sud-Est in Marseille azoospermia is found in 572, oligoasthenozoospermia in 395. Cryptorchidism is recorded in 20% of these men. Several hypofertility factors are frequently associated. Ejaculation is absent in 23 men. 10 couples are requesting for AID because a risk of severe autosomic disease. Mean success rate is 10% per cycle, increased by sperm quality, decreased in women older than 35 years.