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Shiraz E-Medical Journal: Vol.10, issue 2; 79-83
published online: April 1, 2009
article type: Research Article
received: June 12, 2008
accepted: February 5, 2009

Outcome of IUI Based on Sperm Morphology in Cases of Unex-plained and Male Factor Infertility.

authors:

avatar Sh Motazedian 1 , * , avatar B Hamedi 2 , avatar J Zolghadri 1 , avatar Kh Mojtahedi 2 , avatar N Asadi 1

Professor,
Assistant Professor, Division of Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gy-necology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

how to cite: Motazedian S, Hamedi B, Zolghadri J, Mojtahedi K, Asadi N. Outcome of IUI Based on Sperm Morphology in Cases of Unex-plained and Male Factor Infertility.. Shiraz E-Med J. 2009;10(2): 79-83. 

Abstract

Objective:

To evaluate the effects of sperm morphology on the success rate of IUI.

Methods:

This was a prospective study of 200 couples who underwent IUI in order to im-prove the likelihood of conception. The patients were divided into 2 groups, one consisting of 100 patients with a normal sperm morphology of ?20%, and the other consisting of 100 patients with a normal semen morphology of >20%, and an otherwise normal semen analy-sis.

Results:

A total of 59 clinical pregnancies were obtained for a pregnancy rate / cycle of 10.5%. No significant differences were found between the two groups examined.

Conclusion:

There are no substantial differences in the success of intrauterine insemination when normal sperm morphology in semen analysis is more than 20% compared to when it is less than 20%.

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