Stimulated intrauterine insemination (IUI) should be the first choice treatment for mild male factor infertility, unexplained infertility or minimal to mild endometriosis. In mild male factor infertility, unexplained infertility, IUI is as effective as IVF & at 1/3 of the cost per pregnancy. In couples with the most severe semen defects, IUI in natural cycle should be the treatment of choice. I...

BACKGROUND To gain more insight in whether failure of intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment in patients with idiopathic subfertility could be related to diminished fertilization, the aim of this study is to compare the fertilization of an initial IVF procedure after six cycles of IUI and the fertilization of an initial IVF procedure without preceding IUI cycles in couples with idiopathic su...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the optimum number of cycles of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination in the treatment of unexplained infertility. DESIGN Observational prospective study. SETTING In vitro fertilization embryo transfer center. PATIENT(S) Five hundred ninety-four couples with unexplained infertility. INTERVENTION(S) Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation ...

Thomas Andersson The Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (lUI) Box 5501, 11485, Stockholm, Sweden

When conventional treatment of unexplained infertility has not been successful, the next choice lies between either gonadotrophin treatment with intrauterine insemination (FSH/IUI) and IVF. Cohort studies indicate that FSH/IUI is less effective while the cost per birth is higher with IVF. The relevant evidence should come from randomized controlled trials, but the results need to be recalculate...

Backgroud: Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is generally attempted before proceeding to more expensive and invasive assisted reproductive techniques such as invitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This procedure is most commonly performed as a therapeutic method for couples with a wide variety of subfertility etiologies, such as low count or low motility of sperm...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether conversion of high-response gonadotropin/intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles to "rescue" in vitro fertilization (IVF) yields a higher implantation and pregnancy rate as found in matched IVF controls. DESIGN A prospective study with a retrospective controlled section. SETTING Baskent University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. PATIENT(S) Thirty-two...

BACKGROUND The success of intrauterine insemination with donor semen (IUI-DI) is likely to be influenced by a number of variables, including age and ovarian stimulation (OS) regime. METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective analysis of 1056 treatment cycles in 261 women (212 single heterosexuals and 49 lesbians) was conducted to assess the influence of these two variables on pregnancy outcome durin...