Журнал женского здоровья
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ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Bushra Ahmed*, Gowri Vaidyanathan, Silja Arumughan Pillai, Jokha AlSabti, Maha Al-Khaduri and Anil Pathare
Background: Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is the therapeutic process of placing washed spermatozoa transcervically into the uterine cavity for the treatment of infertility. The aim of this study is to know the percentage of successful IUI in Sultan Qabos Hospital.
Methods: Total number of IUI of 227, success rate of 49, Factors are used including age of the couple, duration of infertility, endometrial thickness, size of the follicles, sperm count and sperm motility.
Result: The success rate in our study is 21.58%. The mean age of the participants was 33 years (range: 22 to 44 years), the number of pregnant women for age brackets below 30 years, 30 to 35 years, 36 to 40 years and above 40 years were 26, 19, 4 and zero respectively.
Conclusion: While age and duration of infertility were significant predictors of all pregnancy outcomes, many other baseline characteristics like number of follicles and endometrial thickness were also important.