OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between serum P levels on the day of hCG administration and ongoing pregnancy rates. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING University-affiliated private IVF. PATIENT(S) A total of 2,458 couples undergoing IUI. INTERVENTION(S) Ovarian stimulation with human recombinant FSH. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Ongoing pregnancy and miscarriage rates. RESULT(S...

Background To assess the usefulness of premature luteinization hormone (LH) surge prevention in an intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycle by GnRH antagonist administration MaterialsAndMethods Sixty patients with unexplained or mild male infertility or minimal to mild endometriosis were enrolled in this prospective randomized controlled trial. There were twenty patients in group A (with GnRH anta...

PURPOSE We compared the cost-effectiveness of 4 treatment strategies for varicocele related infertility from the perspective of the health care payor and patient. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cost-effectiveness analysis was performed by studying 4 treatment strategies, namely observation, surgical varicocelectomy followed by in vitro fertilization (IVF) if unsuccessful, gonadotropin stimulated intra...

BACKGROUND There is a trend to cancel intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with a high response. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of low-cost in vitro fertilization (IVF) in high-response IUI cycles in comparison with conventional IVF. METHODS AND MATERIALS A total of 46 women were included in the study. Group A (study group) included 23 women with hyper-response to IUI ...

OBJECTIVE To identify whether sperm characteristics after washing and/or ovulation induction cycle characteristics can predict the occurrence of multiple conception in patients undergoing ovarian stimulation and IUI. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A gynecology clinic and an andrology laboratory at a tertiary care facility. PATIENT(S) One hundred patients with single pregnancies and 2...

BACKGROUND The sperm chromatin structure assay (SCSA) has been suggested as a predictor of fertility in vivo as well as in vitro. The available data however, have been based on limited numbers of treatments. We aimed to define the clinical role of SCSA in assisted reproduction. METHODS A total of 998 cycles [387 intrauterine insemination (IUI), 388 IVF and 223 ICSI] from 637 couples were incl...

We have examined the potential of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) therapy for the male to improve pregnancy rates in intrauterine insemination (IUI) with husband's spermatozoa. A prospective randomized trial was performed in 148 couples undergoing IUI because of male subfertility. In the treatment group, 150 IU FSH were administered to the husbands, either i.m. or s.c., three times a week, s...

there are currently ‎many different protocols in use for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (coh), but the optimal method has ‎not yet been determined. to compare the outcome of coh using ‎clomiphene citrate (cc) versus cc plus human menopausal gonadotropin (hmg) in conjunction with intrauterine insemination (iui), we studied 117 infertile couples‎. iui with cc was used in 92 cycles ‎(group a)...

Objective: The primary goal of this study was to compare the ovulation and pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination utilizing an antagonist (cetrolix) protocol versus the commonly used clomiphene citrate regimen. Patients and Methods: This was a randomized controlled study performed at Assisted Reproductive Techniques Center of Ain Shams Univers...