title: [Spontaneous pregnancy in "sterile couples"].
abstract: The aim of the study is to evaluate the results of tests performed in "infertile" couples that have obtained spontaneous pregnancy. 953 couples were studied from 1986 to 1991; 108 spontaneous pregnancies occurred (11.1%). All patients were evaluated according to standard procedures recommended by literature. "Female factor" as cause of infertility was present in 41.5%; "cervical factor" was present in 19.4%; "male factor" was present in 48.1% while in 14.8% of the couples evaluated no pathology was showed. In this series, spontaneous pregnancy occurred within 4 year of infertility in more than 90%; no significant difference was present between primary and secondary infertility. A considerable incidence of pathologies was observed in couples that obtained spontaneous pregnancy. Our data suggest that common investigation for infertility may have not a real prognostic value.
authors.affiliation: IIIa Clinica Ostetrico-Ginecologica, Osp. S. Gerado di Monza, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fadini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mignini-Renzini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boneschi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catanzaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Della Morte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Le gravidanze spontanee nelle "coppie sterili".