Controlled ovarian stimulation should not be preferred for male infertility treated with intrauterine insemination: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some studies have stated that intrauterine insemination (IUI) with controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) might increase the pregnancy rate, while others suggest that IUI in the natural cycle (NC) should be the first line of treatment. It remains unclear whether it is necessary to use COS at the same time when IUI is applied to treat isolated male factor infertility. Thus, we aimed to investigate efficacy of IUI with COS for isolated male factor infertility.

Methods

A total of 601 IUI cycles from 307 couples who sought medical care for isolated male factor infertility between January 2010 and February 2020 were divided into two groups: NC-IUI and COS-IUI. The COS-IUI group was further divided into two subgroups according to the number of pre-ovulatory follicles on t

SUBMITTER: Tang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature