The effect of a surgical lubricant on in vivo sperm penetration of cervical mucus.
The implications of these data is that coital lubricants may impair fertility of some couples. Unfortunately, conception was not an end point on this study, and our conclusions must be considered inferential. Nevertheless, the results from this study lead us to recommend avoidance of surgical lubricants by couples attempting pregnancy.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5000.
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D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002582:Cervix Mucus / Q000502:physiology*; D003075:Coitus / Q000502:physiology; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D010663:Phenylmercury Compounds; C008371:phenylmercury borate