The correlation of the degree of abnormal sperm morphology using strict criteria and pregnancy rates following intrauterine insemination (IUI).
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol
; 44(2): 183-184, 2017.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29746017
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the effect of extremely low sperm morphology on pregnancy rates following intrauterine insemination (IUI) where all other semen parameters were normal. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Retrospective review of all IUI cycles over a two-year period on infertile women age ≤ 35 where all parameters, but morphology had to be normal. The data were evaluated according to seven levels of percentage of normal morphology (NM) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and ≥ 6%.RESULTS:
The percent live delivery was 9.5, 16.7, 8.8, 16.1, 11.4, 12.3, and 10.9%.CONCLUSIONS:
Morphology of 0% or 1% did not seem to impair pregnancy rates following IUI. More studies are needed but should include determining the confounding effect of the type of morphologic abnormality.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Spermatozoa
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Infertility, Female
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Insemination, Artificial, Homologous
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Publication country:
SG
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SINGAPORE
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SINGAPUR
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SINGAPURA