Vaginal intratubal insemination (VITI) and vaginal GIFT, endosonographic technique: early experience.
A new technique for vaginal intratubal insemination (VITI) and transvaginal gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (TV-GIFT) using endosonography has been developed. A total of 47 infertile couples were treated using a K-JITS 1000-1100 catheter (William Cook, Australia; Jansen Anderson Intratubal Transfer Set) introduced by Jansen and Anderson in Sydney, Australia, and endosonographic control with a Kretz Combison 310 echograph and a 5/7.5 MHz vaginal sectorial transducer. In 40 couples, the VITI technique was used, and in the other seven couples, TV-GIFT was used. Fifteen pregnancies (37.5%) were obtained in 63 VITI cycles (23.8% per treatment cycle) and three with TV-GIFT (42% per treatment cycle). A review is also presented of the migration--sedimentation technique used for management of male factor in an artificial insemination programme.
Lucena
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Centro Colombiano de Fertilidad y Esterilidad, CECOLFES Calle, Bogota, Colombia.
Ruiz
J A
JA
Mendoza
J C
JC
Ortiz
J A
JA
Lucena
C
C
Gomez
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M
Arango
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A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015181:Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000379:methods*