BACKGROUND Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is one of the most appropriate and cost-effective methods in infertility treatment. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate effect of vaginal misoprostol on pregnancy rate after IUI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred and ten infertile women who were referred to Infertility Clinic of Alzahra Hospital by an indication of IUI during 2012-2013 were randomly ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the pregnancy rate in intrauterine insemination (IUI), and to determine possible prognostic factors of successful pregnancy. METHODS A retrospective study of IUI cycles performed in the Reproductive Medicine Unit of Vila Nova de Gaia Hospital, between January 2007 and July 2010. The IUI cycles were preceded by ovarian stimulation and monitored by vaginal ultrasound. Clinic...

PURPOSE The association between tenaculum application to the cervix just before embryo transfer and lower pregnancy rate has been reported. However, studies on the use of tenaculum in intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles are not available. This study attempted to investigate whether the use of tenaculum affects the clinical outcomes of IUI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred and thirty three...

BACKGROUND Implantation is considered as the rate-limiting step in success of assisted reproduction techniques, and intrauterine insemination cycles. It might be affected by ovarian superovulation and endometrial local scratching. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the effect of local endometrial injury on the outcome of IUI cycles. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized clinical tr...

IDtension is an Interactive Drama project initiated 10 years ago (Szilas, 1999). It aims at providing long term solutions to the problem of combining narrativity and interactivity. IDtension has been demoed in 2002 (COSIGN) and 2006 (IUI, TIDSE). Our motivation to demo IDtension again is twofold: 1) IDtension has never been demoed in North America; 2) The newest version has been improved and ai...

Male factor infertility affects 30%-50% of infertile couples worldwide, and there is an increasing interest in the optimal management of these patients. In studies comparing double and single intrauterine insemination (IUI), a trend towards higher pregnancy rates in couples with male factor infertility was observed. Therefore, we set out to perform a meta-analysis to examine the superiority of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of fallopian sperm perfusion (FSP) using a new method similar to the FAST system in comparison with standard intrauterine insemination (IUI) in patients with unexplained infertility. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING Assisted conception service in a University Hospital. PATIENT(S) Women with unexplained infertility undergoing cont...