Open AccessEvidence-based recommendations for IUI in daily practice
Author(s) -
Willem Ombelet
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
middle east fertility society journal/middle east fertility society journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2090-3251
pISSN - 1110-5690
DOI - 10.1016/j.mefs.2013.01.001
Subject(s) - intrauterine insemination , insemination , infertility , unexplained infertility , gynecology , medicine , artificial insemination , human fertilization , biology , sperm , andrology , pregnancy , genetics , anatomy
It is generally accepted that intrauterine insemination (IUI) with homologous semen should be preferred as a first choice treatment to more invasive and expensive techniques of assisted reproduction in the case of cervical, unexplained and moderate male factor subfertility. Scientific validation of this strategy is difficult because the literature is rather confusing and not conclusive. The rationale for the use of artificial insemination is to increase gamete density at the site of fertilization. Many variables may influence success rates after IUI treatment procedures. It’s obvious that some factors will never be solved by methodological adjustments such as female age, duration of infertility etc. However, quite a number of variables can be improved upon using different strategies.In this paper we will make a review of recommendations for daily IUI practice based on evidence-based data