A new technique for intrauterine insemination.
The 5-cm long endpiece of a soft Nelaton's catheter, ch 6-8, splinted with a rigid polyethylene cannula, proved to be a suitable instrument for intrauterine homologous inseminations. Sixty couples were treated; indications for intrauterine insemination were subfertile semen, poor postcoital test, antisperm antibodies in male or female, and unexplained infertility of more than 5 years. Seventeen pregnancies occurred, that is 28%. The best results were obtained in the group with unexplained infertility and in the group with poor postcoital tests, combined with a good result of the in vitro sperm penetration tests. Complications of the inseminations were rare. The method did not elicit sperm agglutinins in the female; however, if sperm agglutinins were already present in the female, the titre level increased after the intrauterine inseminations.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000628:therapy; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy
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