title: Better postcoital test for oligospermic patients using split ejaculate artificial insemination.
abstract: In 25 oligospermic patients who had negative postcoital tests, artificial inseminations were performed with the whole semen and split ejaculates. After 30 minutes, a sample of cervical mucus was obtained and examined microscopically for the presence of motile spermatozoa. There was a significant improvement of 64% using the split ejaculate, as compared with 44% using whole semen. We found a significantly higher sperm count and progressive motility in the split ejaculate (18 patients, 72%).
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000628:therapy*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology