Tooba Mehrannia.
The relationship between total motile sperm count and pregnancy rate after intrauterine insemination.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;22(3):223-7.

Objective: To determine the relationship between the total motile sperm count and the success of IUI treatment cycles with postwashed husband spermatozoa in couples with infertility in a large patient population. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Academic University Hospital- based infertility center. Patients: Eight hundred twenty four infertile couples undergoing 824 cycles of IUI. Main outcome measure(s): To assess the significance of prognostic factors including a woman`s age, duration of infertility, diagnoses, use of ovulation induction and sperm parameters for predicting the outcomes of clinical pregnancy after the first cycle of IUI. Results: The pregnancy rate per cycle was 18.2% (150/824). Postwashed semen parameters including total motile sperm count >10×106,motility >50%. There was a trend toward an increased success rate with increased total motile Sperm count. Conclusion: Our finding suggest that a final postwashed total motile sperm count used for IUI may be considered predictive of the success for pregnancy.

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