1. Efficacy of IVF using frozen donor semen in cases of previously failed DI cycles compared with tubal infertility: a cohort study
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F Guerif, MH Saussereau, C Barthelemy, ML Couet, O Gervereau, J Lansac, and D Royere
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Adult ,Male ,Infertility ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Donor insemination ,Fertilization in Vitro ,Cohort Studies ,Donor semen ,Pregnancy ,medicine ,Humans ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,Cryopreservation ,Gynecology ,urogenital system ,Obstetrics ,business.industry ,Female infertility ,Infant, Newborn ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Fallopian Tube Diseases ,Successful pregnancy ,medicine.disease ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Reproductive Medicine ,Cohort ,Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous ,Female ,Live birth ,business ,Infertility, Female ,Follow-Up Studies ,Semen Preservation ,Developmental Biology ,Cohort study - Abstract
A cohort follow-up study was designed to compare the efficacy of IVF using frozen donor semen (IVF-D) following previously failed DI cycles (unexplained female infertility) and direct IVF-D treatment because of tubal infertility (control group). The cohort comprised 189 couples initiating IVF-D after previously failed DI cycles (n = 126) or directly (n = 63). Couples were followed until completion (success or drop-out for personal or medical reasons). Live births and drop-out were expressed both as rate per cycle and crude cumulative rate. Characteristics of IVF-D cycles were similar between the two groups. Moreover, overall outcome was also similar in terms of crude cumulative live birth rate (54.0 versus 57.1% for failed DI cycles and tubal infertility groups respectively). This is the first report on crude cumulative live birth rate based on a cohort follow-up study in unexplained previously failed DI cycles and tubal infertility. Previously failed DI cycles did not impair the chances of achieving a successful pregnancy using IVF-D in this series. Slight oocyte dysfunction, which might underlie the failure of DI cycles, might be overcome using IVF-D.
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- 2004
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