Abstract Background Some studies have stated that intrauterine insemination (IUI) with controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) might increase the pregnancy rate, while others suggest IUI in natural cycle (NC) should be first line of treatment. It remains unclear whether it is necessary to use COS at same time when applied treat isolated male factor infertility. Thus, we aimed investigate efficacy ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the value of stimulated intrauterine insemination (IUI) in women with unilateral tubal occlusion. METHODS Superovulation and IUI was performed during 2003-2010 and the medical records were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty-seven infertile women (52 cycles) with unilateral tubal occlusion diagnosed by hysterosalpingography and without other causes of infertility were se...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of ultrasound guidance in intrauterine insemination (IUI). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted. The data was collected from the records of 197 couples with unexplained infertility who underwent IUI with a total of 267 IUI cycles in the in vitro fertilization center of our hospital between January 2009 and December 2010. RESULTS Of the ...

Intrauterine insemination (IUI) remains safe, simple relatively cost effective and a valuable initial treatment option, especially in low resource settings for selected group of patients before embarking to assisted reproduction technology treatment. Assisted reproductive (ART) does not include by sperm from either woman’s partner or donor. Numerous factors are influencing the success rate IUI....

A one year study was carried out to determine the outcome of the seminal fluid parameters collected via masturbation and coitus interruptus in 151 patients who were undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) and patients who came for seminal analysis. There were no statistically significant differences in terms of volume, concentration, progressive motility and normal morphology from specimens ...

The use of ovulation induction combined with intrauterine insemination (IUI) as a treatment for subfertility in women with patent Fallopian tubes has increased in recent years. Little is known regarding the efficacy of this treatment in women aged >/=40 years. We reviewed our data in our ovulation induction with IUI programme for 168 consecutive patients aged >/=40 years undergoing a total of 4...

BACKGROUND There are many factors that affect intrauterine insemination (IUI) success rate and identifying those factors can be helpful. This study aimed to investigate the single versus double IUI in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation cycles. METHODS This is a randomized clinical trial with equal randomization (1:1) conducted on 580 women who underwent IUI in a private infertility clinic fr...

Health-care delivery according to clinical practice guidelines is thought to be critical in achieving optimal outcomes. This study aimed to assess the extent to which practice performance in intrauterine insemination (IUI) care is consistent with guideline recommendations and to evaluate the association between guideline adherence and outcome of IUI care. In a retrospective cohort study, 1100 i...

BACKGROUND Intrauterine insemination (IUI) can be performed with or without controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH). Studies in which the additional benefit of COH on IUI for cervical factor subfertility is assessed are lacking. We assessed whether COH in IUI improved pregnancy rates in cervical factor subfertility. METHODS We performed a historical cohort study among couples with cervical ...

BACKGROUND International collaboration could facilitate systematic development of guidelines to regulate and improve clinical practice. To promote European collaboration in guideline development in reproductive medicine, insight into existing subfertility guidelines in Europe is essential. The study aim was to explore the number and quality of clinical practice guidelines on homologous intraute...