Open AccessSuccess of Donor Insemination and Male Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Alfredsson Jon H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348709092952
Subject(s) - donor insemination , artificial insemination , medicine , semen , insemination , gynecology , infertility , male infertility , intrauterine insemination , obstetrics , andrology , sperm , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Of 72 women receiving artificial donor insemination with frozen semen, 49 (68%) conceived. The success rate was significantly better in patients whose husbands were azoospermic (79.5%) than in women whose mates were oligospermic (54.5%). This result may be explained on the assumption that the most fertile women in the latter (male oligospermic) group have disappeared through previous natural conception. It may be concluded that the diagnosis of male infertility is a factor influencing the probability of conception following artificial insemination with donor semen.