title: [Prognostic sperm factors in intra-uterine insemination with partner's sperm].
abstract: We studied the prognostic value of sperm characteristics for the outcome of intra-uterine insemination with partner sperm (IUIPS). A total of 712 cycles of IUIPS following induction of ovulation with gonadotrophin (hMG/hCG) for 277 sterile couples attending the assisted reproductive technology centre of Poissy Hospital (78300-France) between January 1991 and December 1994 was studied retrospectively. Ninety-two clinical pregnancies were obtained giving an overall rate of 12.9% per cycle. None of the characteristics of the sperm as assessed initially correlated with outcome. In contrast, the number of motile spermatozoa given (n) affected outcome: for n < 1 x 10(6) the pregnancy rate was 2%; for n = 5 to 8 x 10(6) the rate was 19%. However, for +/- 8 x 10(6) the proportion of biochemical pregnancies and miscarriages was 40% which was significantly higher than for smaller concentration. The resort of IVF following 4 IUIPS failures leads to a pregnancy rate per cycle of only 6.7%.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Assistance Médicale á la Procréation du CHI Poissy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wainer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merlet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bailly
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lombroso
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camus
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bisson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005300:Fertility Agents, Female / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008596:Menotropins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010062:Ovulation Induction / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005300:Fertility Agents, Female; D008596:Menotropins