Remarks on artificial intrauterine insemination of women with abnormal semen
Malarewicz, A.; Piwoński, W.
Ginekologia Polska 65(2): 103-104
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-0011 PMID: 8070708 Document Number: 423723
Despite of the great deal of publications on artificial insemination the real effectiveness of the procedure is not clearly estimated so far. This is why in the presented paper authors tried to evaluate the effectiveness of the artificial intrauterine insemination with the abnormal sperm which was laboratory classified as oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia. The sperm which was prepared to the insemination according to the technic enabling to select only the population of the motile spermatozoa. The women were inseminated after the proper hormonal preparation and ultrasound monitoring of ovulation. 153 intrauterine inseminations were performed in 17 women. There was no case where the insemination was performed longer than during 6 consecutive cycles. There was no pregnancy obtained. The authors come to the conclusion that the intrauterine insemination with the abnormal semen of oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia type prepared in accordance with the used in the study technic is not an effective way of treating the infertile couple.