1. Pregnancy outcomes using donor sperm insemination after failed in vitro fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles in couples with complex infertility disorders.
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Gorrill MJ, Burry KA, and Patton PE
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- Adult, Birth Rate, Female, Humans, Male, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Rate, Retrospective Studies, Tissue Donors, Treatment Failure, Fertilization in Vitro, Infertility therapy, Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous, Pregnancy Outcome, Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate alternatives for couples with severe male factor infertility who fail to conceive with IVF-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)., Design: Outcomes of couples using artificial insemination with donor sperm (AID) after failed IVF-ICSI, assessing multiple risk factors affecting prognosis., Setting: University infertility service., Patient(s): Nineteen patients with complex infertility disorders who failed IVF-ICSI and subsequently used AID (1 to 7 cycles)., Intervention(s): Artificial insemination with donor sperm was performed 36 hours after detection of an LH surge or hCG injection., Main Outcome Measure(s): Pregnancy outcomes were determined., Result(s): Seventeen pregnancies occurred in 16 women associated with AID for a pregnancy rate per cycle of 27.9% within a mean of 3.2 +/- 18 cycles. Live birth rate per cycle was 24.6%., Conclusion(s): A high pregnancy rate was achieved with AID in women who failed IVF-ICSI. Given the low cost and effectiveness of AID in this series, consideration of AID is a reasonable and effective option even in couples with poor prognosis who fail to conceive with IVF-ICSI.
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- 2003
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