Effect of unilateral tubal abnormalities on the results of intrauterine inseminations

Reprod Biomed Online. 2017 Sep;35(3):314-317. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.05.018. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Abstract

A total of 101 patients with one normal tube were compared with 117 patients with two normal tubes to assess the effect of unilateral tubal abnormalities on the results of intrauterine inseminations. The clinical pregnancy and live birth rates seemed to reduce by one-half in almost all types of abnormality, suggesting that these patients should be preferentially treated with IVF.

Keywords: Clinical pregnancy rate; Fallopian tubes; IUI; Live birth rates; Tubal patency.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Birth Rate
  • Fallopian Tube Diseases / complications*
  • Fallopian Tube Diseases / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Humans
  • Hysterosalpingography
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infertility, Female / epidemiology
  • Infertility, Female / etiology*
  • Infertility, Female / therapy*
  • Insemination, Artificial* / methods
  • Insemination, Artificial* / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome